Louis-Roland Comeau Explained

Louis-Roland Comeau
Birth Date:1941 1, df=yes
Birth Place:Meteghan, Nova Scotia, Canada
Office:President of Université Sainte-Anne
Successor:Omer Blinn
Term Start:1971
Term End:1977
Constituency Mp1:South Western Nova
Parliament1:Canadian
Term Start1:25 June 1968
Term End1:30 October 1972
Predecessor1:Riding created
Successor1:Charles Haliburton
Profession:professor
Party:Progressive Conservative

Louis-Roland Comeau, CM (born 7 January 1941) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a professor by career.

Biography

Education

Comeau graduated with a Bachelor of Education degree from Dalhousie University after obtaining an engineering and science degree from Saint Mary's University.

Political career

He was first elected at the South Western Nova riding in the 1968 general election. After serving in the 28th Canadian Parliament, Comeau left federal office and did not campaign in the 1972 election.

After politics

Since that time he served on various boards, chairing life insurance company Assomption Vie and air traffic control operator Nav Canada. He also chaired the Independent Review Panel on New Brunswick's Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation System from 2007 to 2008.[1]

A library at Université Sainte-Anne bears his name, where he became chancellor in 1994. He also became the seventh chancellor of the University of Moncton in 2004.[2]

Comeau became a Member of the Order of Canada in 2002.

Personal life

Comeau and his wife, Clarice Theriault, have three children.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Biographies . 2008-08-19 . Government of New Brunswick, Independent Review Panel .
  2. Web site: Louis Comeau devient le septième chancelier de l'Université de Moncton . fr . 4 December 2004 . University of Moncton . 16 December 2018 .