Robert Lanctôt (born November 19, 1963) is a former Canadian politician and lawyer. A lawyer by profession, Lanctôt was elected as a member of Parliament (MP) for the

Bloc Québécois The Bloc Québécois (, , BQ) is a centre-left politics, centre-left and list of federal political parties in Canada, federal political party in Canada devoted to Quebec nationalism, Quebecois nationalism, social democracy, and the promotion o ...

in the 2000 federal election representing the riding of

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. He served in the

(BQ) shadow cabinet as Critic for Amateur Sport and Children and Youth from 2000 to 2002, Critic for Scrutiny of Regulations from 2001 to 2002 and Critic for Public Works and Government Services from 2002 to 2003. On December 11, 2003, following

Paul Martin Paul Edgar Philippe Martin (born August 28, 1938), also known as Paul Martin Jr., is a Canadian lawyer and retired politician who served as the 21st prime minister of Canada and the leader of the Liberal Party of Canada from 2003 to 2006. Th ...

's election as leader of the governing

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and the day before Martin's swearing in as

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, Lanctôt

crossed the floor In some parliamentary systems (e.g., in Canada and the United Kingdom), politicians are said to cross the floor if they formally change their political affiliation to a political party different from the one they were initially elected under. I ...

to join the Liberals. His defection occurred days after his

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passed a resolution stating it no longer wished to work with the MP and did not want him to run for the BQ in the next election. Lanctôt ran as a Liberal in

Châteauguay—Saint-Constant Châteauguay—Saint-Constant () was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 2004 to 2015. Its population in 2006 was 107,165. Châteauguay—Saint-Constant was created in 2 ...

in the 2004 federal election but was defeated by the BQ's

Denise Poirier-Rivard Denise Poirier-Rivard (born May 19, 1941) is a Canadian politician. Poirier-Rivard was a Bloc Québécois member of the House of Commons of Canada representing the district of Châteauguay—Saint-Constant. First elected in the 2004 election. Poi ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lanctot, Robert 1963 births Living people 20th-century Canadian lawyers 21st-century Canadian lawyers 21st-century members of the House of Commons of Canada Bloc Québécois MPs Lawyers in Quebec Liberal Party of Canada MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec Quebec lieutenants