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 byGeorge A. Burridge
Succeeded byFraser Mooney
Personal details
Political partyProgressive Conservative
ResidenceYarmouth, Nova Scotia
Occupationoptometrist

Before politics

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Robichaud was an optometrist who operated in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.[2]

Political career

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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]

References

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  1. ^ "Electoral History for Yarmouth" (PDF). Nova Scotia Legislative Library. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  2. ^ Elliott, Shirley B. (1984). The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758–1983 : a biographical directory. Public Archives of Nova Scotia. p. 189. ISBN 0-88871-050-X. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  3. ^ "Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1967" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 1967. p. 79. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
  4. ^ "Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1970" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 1970. p. 82. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
  5. ^ "Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1981" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 1981. p. 124. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-03-10. Retrieved 2015-05-03.