Jean Robert Roy (12 November 1923 – 28 December 1996) was a

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member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in

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and became a businessman, contractor and

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by career. Roy, a Franco-Ontarian, studied at Queen's University in

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before working in accounting, then in the construction industry. He was first elected at the

riding in the 1968 general election. Roy was re-elected there in the

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and 1974 federal elections, and after completing his term in the 30th Parliament he left federal politics due to reported health concerns. During a House of Commons session during the 1970

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, Roy excoriated

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members who opposed the proclamation of the

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in response to terrorist actions in Quebec. NDP member

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demanded that Roy retract an accusation that Winch's party's vote against the Act was tantamount to "support for the murderers". Roy also opposed increases in

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on television as his riding's only available television broadcasts at that time were from CBC Television and felt a reduction in the minimal American programming provided would be a "disservice". After he left federal politics, he was President of the Standards Council of Canada and served on the

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that deals with rivers and lakes on the border between Canada and the United States. Roy died suddenly at his home in Timmins on 28 December 1996, leaving a daughter, a son and his wife Georgette Clément (m. 1947).

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Roy, Jean Robert 1923 births 1996 deaths Businesspeople from Ontario Canadian surveyors Franco-Ontarian people Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario Liberal Party of Canada MPs People from Timmins Queen's University at Kingston alumni