Marcel-Claude Roy (11 September 1936 – 31 May 2018)Marcel C Roy 11 septembre 1936 31 mai 2018
was a

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member of the

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. Born in

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, Roy was an agrologist by career. He entered national politics at the Quebec riding of

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in the 1968 federal election. He was re-elected at Laval (subsequently

Laval West Laval West (french: Laval-Ouest; formerly known as Mille-Iles and Laval) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1979 to 2004. It was created as the riding of "Mille-Iles" ...

) in the

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, me ...

1974 Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; f ...

1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...

and 1980 federal elections but was defeated by Guy Ricard of the Progressive Conservative party. Roy served five successive terms from the 28th to the

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* 1936 births 2018 deaths Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec Liberal Party of Canada MPs {{Liberal-Quebec-MP-stub