Albert J. Roy (born February 23, 1939) is a jurist and former politician in

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, Canada. He served in the

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from 1971 to 1984 as a member of the

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Background

Roy was born in

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and educated at the University of Ottawa. He was called to the bar in 1965. He worked as a lawyer before entering political life, and was active in the Association des Jeunes Adultes Franco Ontariens.

Politics

He was elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1971 provincial election, defeating Progressive Conservative incumbent

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by 5,127 votes in

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. Roy's election was one of the few significant gains for the Liberals in this campaign, as the party finished a distant second in the legislature against the governing Progressive Conservatives of William Davis. Roy was re-elected with an increased majority in the 1975 election, in which the Progressive Conservatives were brought down to a

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. Liberal leader

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resigned soon after this election, and Roy entered the race to succeed him. He finished third at the party's 1976

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, behind Stuart Smith and David Peterson. He was re-elected in

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, and

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. He continued to serve in the legislature until he resigned to run in the 1984 federal election. Roy contested Ottawa—Carleton for the

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, and lost to Barry Turner of the Progressive Conservative Party by 3,946 votes. His defeat marked only the second time in one hundred years that the riding of Ottawa—Carleton elected a Progressive Conservative

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Later life

Roy returned to his legal practice after this loss, and served as chair of the Ottawa-Carleton French Language Association Advisory Committee in 1985 and 1986. He was appointed to the Ontario

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in 1995. He retired in 2014. He is active in the Ottawa Dispute Resolution Group.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Roy, Albert 1939 births Living people Ontario Liberal Party MPPs Judges in Ontario Candidates in the 1984 Canadian federal election Liberal Party of Canada candidates for the Canadian House of Commons