Romuald Rodrigue (June 5, 1929 – April 19, 2020) was a

Ralliement créditiste Historically in Quebec, Canada, there were a number of political parties that were part of the Canadian social credit movement. There were various parties at different times with different names at the provincial level, all broadly following the s ...

and Social Credit party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was an accountant, administrator and manager by career. Born in Saint-Georges,

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...

, Rodrigue attended the local high school and studied at Saint-Georges Seminary. He was elected at the Beauce riding in the 1968 general election and served one term, the

28th Canadian Parliament The 28th Canadian Parliament was in session from September 12, 1968, until September 1, 1972. The membership was set by the 1968 federal election on June 25, 1968, and it changed only slightly due to resignations and by-elections until it was dis ...

. Initially, his party was known as the Ralliement créditiste; in April 1971, it became known as Social Credit. Rodrigue left federal politics after he was defeated at Beauce 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 mean solar tim ...

and 1974 federal elections.

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* 1929 births 2020 deaths Canadian accountants Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec People from Saint-Georges, Quebec Social Credit Party of Canada MPs {{quebec-MP-stub