Benoit Robichaud Explained

Benoit Robichaud
Residence:	Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
Office:	MLA for Yarmouth
Term Start:	1967
Term End:	1970
Predecessor:	George A. Burridge
Successor:	Fraser Mooney
Party:	Progressive Conservative
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]

Before politics

Robichaud was an optometrist who operated in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.^[2]

Political career

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]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Electoral History for Yarmouth. Nova Scotia Legislative Library. 2018-04-05.
2. Book: Elliott. Shirley B.. The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758–1983 : a biographical directory. 2018-04-05. 1984. Public Archives of Nova Scotia. 0-88871-050-X. 189.
3. Web site: Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1967. Elections Nova Scotia. 1967. 79. 2015-05-03.
4. Web site: Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1970. Elections Nova Scotia. 1970. 82. 2015-05-03.
5. Web site: Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1981 . Elections Nova Scotia . 1981 . 124 . 2015-05-03 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140310212300/http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201981.pdf . 2014-03-10 .