Benoit Robichaud | |
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MLA for Yarmouth | |
In office 1967–1970 | |
Preceded by | George A. Burridge |
Succeeded by | Fraser Mooney |
Personal details | |
Political party | Progressive Conservative |
Residence | Yarmouth,Nova Scotia |
Occupation | optometrist |
Benoit Joseph Robichaud is a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Yarmouth in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1967 to 1970. He was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia. [1]
Robichaud was an optometrist who operated in Yarmouth,Nova Scotia. [2]
He entered provincial politics in the 1967 election,winning the dual-member Yarmouth riding with Progressive Conservative George A. Snow. [3] In the 1970 election,Robichaud was defeated when Snow finished 33 votes ahead of him to win the second seat,with Liberal Fraser Mooney winning the first. [4] Robichaud ran again in the 1981 election,but lost to Mooney by 479 votes. [5]