Benoit Robichaud
Canadian politician
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Benoit Joseph Robichaud is a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Yarmouth in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1967 to 1970. He was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia.[1]
Benoit Robichaud | |
|---|---|
| MLA for Yarmouth | |
| In office 1967–1970 | |
| Preceded by | George A. Burridge |
| Succeeded by | Fraser Mooney |
| Personal details | |
| Party | Progressive Conservative |
| Occupation | optometrist |
Before politics
Robichaud was an optometrist who operated in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.[2]
Political career
He entered provincial politics in the 1967 election, winning the dual-member Yarmouth riding with Progressive Conservative George A. Snow.[3] In the 1970 election, Robichaud was defeated when Snow finished 33 votes ahead of him to win the second seat, with Liberal Fraser Mooney winning the first.[4] Robichaud ran again in the 1981 election, but lost to Mooney by 479 votes.[5]
