Richard Hébert

Richard Hébert
Richard Hébert
Member of Parliament; for Lac-Saint-Jean
	In office; October 23, 2017 – September 11, 2019
Preceded by	Denis Lebel
Succeeded by	Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe
Personal details
Born	Dolbeau-Mistassini, Quebec
Party	Liberal

Born

Richard Hébert is a Canadian politician who served as the Member of Parliament for the riding of Lac-Saint-Jean in the House of Commons of Canada from his election in a 2017 by-election^[2] until his defeat in the 2019 federal election. He served as a member of the Liberal Party of Canada.

Prior to his election to Parliament, Hébert was the mayor of Dolbeau-Mistassini since November 2013.^[3]^[4]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election: Lac-Saint-Jean
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe	23,839	43.96	+20.59	$33,354.37
	Liberal	Richard Hébert	13,633	25.14	-13.45	$83,673.06
	Conservative	Jocelyn Fradette	12,544	23.13	-1.88	$41,607.93
	New Democratic	Jean-Simon Fortin	2,753	5.08	-6.63	none listed
	Green	Julie Gagnon-Bond	1,010	1.86	+0.55	$0.00
	People's	Dany Boudreault	448	0.9	New	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			53,971	97.87
Total rejected ballots			1,155	2.13
Turnout			55,382	63.9
Eligible voters			84,456
	Bloc Québécois gain from Liberal		Swing		+17.02
Source: Elections Canada^[5]

Canadian federal by-election, October 23, 2017: Lac-Saint-Jean Resignation of Denis Lebel
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Richard Hébert	13,442	38.6
	Conservative	Rémy Leclerc	8,710	25.0
	Bloc Québécois	Marc Maltais	8,141	23.4
	New Democratic	Gisèle Dallaire	4,079	11.7
	Green	Yves Laporte	457	1.3
Total valid votes/Expense limit			34,829	98.67	$133,786.71
Total rejected ballots			469	1.33
Turnout			35,298	41.61
Eligible voters			84,829

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Richard Hébert


Member of Parliament for Lac-Saint-Jean
In office October 23, 2017 – September 11, 2019
Preceded by	Denis Lebel
Succeeded by	Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe

Personal details
Born	Dolbeau-Mistassini, Quebec^[1]
Party	Liberal