Richard Legendre
Richard Legendre (born January 19, 1953 in Montmagny, Quebec) is a former professional tennis player and politician in Quebec, Canada.
Richard Legendre | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 19, 1953 |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Occupations | |
| Years active | 1972-1973 |
Tennis
Legendre was born in Montmagny, Quebec. He once represented Canada at the Davis Cup and had a career-high tennis ranking of World No. 232 in singles (December 1978). He played NCAA collegiate tennis at Florida State University in 1972 and 1973.[1]
Politics
He was the Quebec minister of sports in Bernard Landry's cabinet, after being elected as a Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Blainville in 2001. In 2005 he was a candidate in the Parti Québécois's leadership election, a bid notably supported by former Quebec minister François Legault and sprinter and olympic medalist Bruny Surin. Legendre placed third with 7.5% of the vote.
In the 2007 elections, Legendre was surprisingly defeated by the Action democratique du Quebec's Pierre Gingras who was a former mayor for the City of Blainville. The party nearly won every seat in the lower Laurentians region.[2] Legendre was Vice-President of Montreal Impact; he was nominated on August 13, 2007.[3]
He's now teaching at HEC Montreal, and regularly appears on TVA Sports morning show Les Partants commenting on economic sports news.
Electoral record (partial)
| Quebec provincial by-election, October 1, 2001: Blainville | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Parti Québécois | Richard Legendre | 10,323 | 46.25 | |||||
| Liberal | Jocelyne Roch | 8,990 | 40.28 | |||||
| Action démocratique | Michel Paulette | 2,186 | 9.79 | |||||
| Bloc Pot | Sylvain Mainville | 384 | 1.72 | |||||
| Alternative progressiste | Thérèse Hamel | 339 | 1.52 | |||||
| Independent | Régent Millette | 97 | 0.44 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 22,319 | 98.63 | ||||||
| Rejected and declined votes | 309 | 1.37 | ||||||
| Turnout | 22,628 | 48.58 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 46,581 | |||||||
| Source: Elections Quebec | ||||||||
References
- "Florida State University Official Athletic Site - Men's Tennis". Archived from the original on 2011-07-27. Retrieved 2009-09-25.
- http://lcn.canoe.com/lcn/national/quebec2007/archives/2007/03/20070326-235511.html
- "Staff". Archived from the original on 2007-05-20.
External links
- Richard Legendre at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
- Bilan du Siècle biography
