Richard Legendre

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Richard Legendre
BornJanuary 19, 1953
Nationality Canadian
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Years active1972-1973

Richard Legendre (born January 19, 1953, in Montmagny, Quebec) is a former professional tennis player and politician in Quebec, Canada.

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Tennis

Legendre was born in Montmagny, Quebec. He once represented Canada at the Davis Cup and had a career-high tennis ranking of World No. 232 in singles (December 1978). He played NCAA collegiate tennis at Florida State University in 1972 and 1973. [1]


Politics

He was the Quebec minister of sports in Bernard Landry's cabinet, after being elected as a Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Blainville in 2001. In 2005 he was a candidate in the Parti Québécois's leadership election, a bid notably supported by former Quebec minister François Legault and sprinter and olympic medalist Bruny Surin. Legendre placed third with 7.5% of the vote.

In the 2007 elections, Legendre was surprisingly defeated by the Action democratique du Quebec's Pierre Gingras who was a former mayor for the City of Blainville. The party nearly won every seat in the lower Laurentians region. [2] Legendre was Vice-President of Montreal Impact; he was nominated on August 13, 2007. [3]

He's now teaching at HEC Montreal, and regularly appears on TVA Sports morning show Les Partants commenting on economic sports news.

Electoral record (partial)

Quebec provincial by-election, October 1, 2001: Blainville
PartyCandidateVotes%
Parti Québécois Richard Legendre 10,32346.25
Liberal Jocelyne Roch8,99040.28
Action démocratique Michel Paulette2,1869.79
Bloc Pot Sylvain Mainville3841.72
Alternative progressiste Thérèse Hamel3391.52
Independent Régent Millette970.44
Total valid votes22,31998.63
Rejected and declined votes3091.37
Turnout22,62848.58
Electors on the lists46,581
Source: Elections Quebec

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References

  1. "Florida State University Official Athletic Site - Men's Tennis". Archived from the original on 2011-07-27. Retrieved 2009-09-25.
  2. "L'ADQ déloge le PQ dans les Laurentides". Archived from the original on 2007-10-25.
  3. "Staff". Archived from the original on 2007-05-20.
National Assembly of Quebec
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