Régent Millette (September 14, 1935 – August 21, 2013) was a

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for public office, having run in twenty-five federal, provincial, and municipal elections since 2000. In 2013, he declared "I will run for office until I die". He was a candidate of the Parti démocratie chrétienne du Québec in the 2003 provincial election but has run as an independent in every other campaign. He was a member of the short-lived

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in 2007 but never actually ran under its banner. Millette has a teaching certificate and a

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degree from the

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and has worked as a teacher. During the 2005 municipal election, he said that he felt a calling to serve the public and would take no salary if elected. He holds

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views; during the 2003

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parade, he was quoted as saying, "I love everybody but in the Bible they say there are many things that are against nature."

Political activism

A candidate named Régent Millette ran for the

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in the 1966 Quebec election and received 96 votes (0.46%) for a fifth-place finish against incumbent Liberal

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Paul Gérin-Lajoie Paul Gérin-Lajoie, (; February 23, 1920 – June 25, 2018) was a Canadians, Canadian lawyer, philanthropist, and a former member of the National Assembly of Quebec and Executive Council of Quebec, Cabinet Minister. Early life Born in Mont ...

. This may have been the same person. In March 2006, Mr. Millette was charged with attempting to file a breach of condition and conspiring to file a breach of condition when, at a meeting of Laval city council, he asked questions on behalf of Rick Blatter while the latter had undertaken to respect a court order prohibiting him from communicating with the staff of the town hall and the elected officials of Laval. Following his acquittal, Mr Millette tried to get an indemnity of $95,000 from Ville de Laval but lost his case in 2012. In 2013 the Supreme Court of Canada rejected his request for appeal.

Death

Mr Millette, aged 77 years old, passed away on August 21, 2013 at the Joliette Regional Hospital in Saint-Charles-Borromée.

References

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