Julien Bentley Royer (born 1955) is a Dominican politician in the

Dominica Labour Party The Dominica Labour Party is a centre-left social-democratic political party in Dominica. History Founded in 1955 by Phyllis Shand Allfrey and Emmanuel Christopher Loblack, the Dominica Labour Party is the oldest political party in Dominica. N ...

and a former schoolteacher. He served briefly as a senator in the

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in 2010, and has twice been an unsuccessful candidate for an elected seat. Royer was born in

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. He graduated from the Dominica Teacher's Training College and also studied in Jamaica.. Royer taught auto mechanics at the Goodwill Secondary School and has served as a board member of the Salisbury Credit Union. Royer contested the Salisbury constituency on the Labour Party ticket in the 2009 general election. He lost to the opposition United Workers Party candidate

Hector John Hector John (born 22 October 1970) is a Dominican politician in the United Workers' Party (Dominica), United Workers' Party (UWP). He was the Leader of the Opposition (Dominica), Leader of the Opposition, from 2010 to 2014 and was the youngest ...

on 18 December 2009, with 512 to John's 817 votes (38.1% to 60.7%). Royer was then appointed to serve as a senator in the House of Assembly on 4 February 2010. Royer resigned his seat to again contest the Salisbury constituency in a

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, after John's seat was declared vacant due to the UWP boycott of the House of Assembly. Royer again lost to John on 9 July 2010, with 415 votes to John's 772 (34.6% to 64.4%).. See also . He is married and has five children.

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