Fabien Roy (born April 17, 1928) was a politician in Quebec, Canada, in the 1970s. Events 69 - After the First Battle of Bedriacum, Vitellius becomes Roman Emperor. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Quebec (kwɨˈbɛk Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Roy was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec and the Canadian House of Commons, and advocated social credit theories of monetary reform. The National Assembly of Quebec (Assemblée nationale du Québec is the name for the legislative body of the province of Quebec, Canada. The House of Commons (Chambre des communes is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign (represented by the Governor General) and Social Credit is a socio-economic Philosophy wherein Consumers fully provided with adequate Purchasing power, establish the policy of production Monetary Reform describes any movement or theory that proposes a different system of supplying Money and financing the economy than the current system
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Background
Roy was born in Saint-Prosper, Quebec. There are two municipalities called Saint-Simon in Quebec Saint-Prosper Chaudière-Appalaches Quebec Saint-Prosper Mauricie Quebec He studied accounting, sales management, and human resources in the Saint-Georges seminary, and commercial law, political economy and business administration at Université Laval. In 1980, following his departure from politics, he studied property valuation.
He was an accountant for the Saint-Propser agricultural co-operative from 1945 to 1949, and secretary of the Federation of Co-operative Trucking (Quebec South district) from 1949-1952, and for the Sherbrooke district from 1952-1953. An accountant is a practitioner of Accountancy, which is the measurement disclosure or provision of assurance about financial information that helps managers investors He founded the F. Roy Transports trucking company, which he ran from 1953-1962.
He was Director-General of a credit union in La Chaudière from 1962 to 1970, and member of the administrative and executive councils of a Quebec credit union federation (Fédération des caisses d'établissement du Québec) from 1968 to 1970. A credit union is a Cooperative Financial institution that is owned and controlled by its members and operated for the purpose of promoting thrift providing credit In 1970, he was director of recruitment and sales for the federation. In 1960, he co-founded the Saint-Prosper Chamber of Commerce, and became president in 1963.
Social Credit activist
From 1962 to 1968, he was president of the Dorchester riding federal Ralliement créditiste association, and regional organizer for the party in the 1962, 1963, 1965 and 1968 federal elections. Historically in Quebec, Canada, there was a number of political parties that were part of the Canadian social credit movement.
From 1964 to 1965, he was provincial vice-president of the party.
Member of the Legislature
He was elected to the Quebec National Assembly for Beauce riding in 1970, and held the post of chief whip of the Ralliement créditiste du Québec caucus from 1970 to 1972. The National Assembly of Quebec (Assemblée nationale du Québec is the name for the legislative body of the province of Quebec, Canada. Whip is a role in party-based politics whose primary purpose is to ensure control of the formal decision-making process in a parliamentary legislature The Ralliement créditiste du Québec was a provincial political party in Quebec, Canada that operated from 1970 to 1978
He was parliamentary leader of the party from 1972 to 1975, and lost a bid to become leader at a February 1973 leadership convention. In Canadian politics, a leadership convention is held by a political party when the party needs to choose a leader due to a vacancy or a challenge to the incumbent In the 1973 provincial election, he was returned to the National Assembly for the riding of Beauce-Sud. The Quebec general election of 1973 was held on October 29, 1973 to elect members to National Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada Members of National Assembly Fabien Roy, Parti créditiste - Parti national populaire (1973-1979 Hermann Mathieu
He was president of the party from 1973-1974, but was expelled on November 3, 1975. He founded the Parti national populaire with former Liberal cabinet minister Jérôme Choquette on December 14, 1975, and was re-elected in the 1976 provincial election as the only PNP Member of the National Assembly. The Parti national populaire or PNP (in English "Popular National Party") was a minor political party in Québec, Canada that operated Jérôme Choquette (born January 25 1928) is a lawyer and politician in Quebec, Canada. The Quebec general election of 1976 was held on November 15, 1976 to elect members to National Assembly of the Province of Quebec,
Federal politics
He was appointed leader of the federal Social Credit Party of Canada on March 30, 1979, and resigned his National Assembly seat on April 5, 1979. The Social Credit Party of Canada ( French: Parti Crédit social du Canada) was a conservative - Populist political party in
Under Roy, the party won the tacit support of the sovereigntist Parti Québécois, which formed the government of Quebec. The Quebec sovereignty movement ( Mouvement souverainiste du Québec) is a political movement aimed at either attaining independent statehood ( Sovereignty) or some The Parti Québécois ' is a Sovereignist Political party that advocates national sovereignty for the Canadian province of Quebec and Social Credit attempted to rally the separatist and nationalist vote: Canadian flags were absent at its campaign kick-off rally, and the party's slogan was C'est à notre tour ("It's our turn"), which was reminiscent of the popular separatist anthem Gens du pays that includes the chorus, "C'est à votre tour de vous laisser parler d'amour". " Gens du pays " has been called the unofficial national anthem of Quebec. The party focused its platform on constitutional change, promising to fight to abolish the federal government's never-used right to disallow any provincial legislation, and stating that each province has a "right to choose its own destiny within Canada". Despite these attempts to win nationalist and separatist votes, the party was reduced to six seats in the 1979 federal election. A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. The Canadian federal election of 1979 was held on May 22, 1979 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 31st Parliament
While his party provided some support to the minority Progressive Conservative Party of Canada government, Prime Minister Joe Clark was unwilling to repicrocate and he refused to provide the Socred caucus with official party status or form a coalition. The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada ( PC) ( Parti progressiste-conservateur du Canada) ( 1867 – 2003) was a Canadian Charles Joseph "Joe" Clark PC CC AOE (born June 5 1939 is a Canadian Journalist, Politician, Statesman When the PC government presented its December budget which included a controversial gas tax opposed by the Liberals and NDP, the Socreds demanded that the gas tax revenues be allocated to Quebec which Clark turned down. The Social Credit caucus abstained on the non-confidence motion, which led to the defeat of the Clark government and an election on February 18, 1980. Events 3102 BC - Epoch (origin of the Kali Yuga. 1229 - The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II Holy Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar)
The abstention by Social Credit on this important vote contributed to the growing perception that the party had become irrelevant following the death of iconic leader Réal Caouette. David Réal Caouette ( September 26, 1917 - December 16, 1976) was a Canadian Politician Roy and all other Socred candidates were defeated in the 1980 federal election. The Canadian federal election of 1980 was held on February 18, 1980 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 32nd Parliament The death of the Social Credit candidate in the riding of Frontenac, Quebec resulted in the postponement of the election in that riding to March 24. Roy sought to return to the House of Commons in the by-election, but lost to the Liberal candidate. A by-election or bye-election (called special election in the United States) is an Election held to fill a political office that has become vacant Roy resigned from the leadership on November 1, 1980. Events 996 - Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk Bishop of Freising which is the oldest known document using the name Ostarrîchi Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar)
Retirement
Roy returned to business and community involvement, serving as director of Geoffrion Leclerc from 1981-1988, director of a community college (Cégep Lévis-Lauzon) from 1984-1985, member of the Beauce economic council from 1981, as well as participating in Rotary Club activities and local celebrations. A community college is a type of Educational institution. The term has different meanings in different countries A CEGEP (ˈseɪʒɛp or /ˈsiːʤɛp/ French: Cégep) is a post-secondary education institution exclusive to the province of Quebec in
He published his autobiography (Député à Québec et à Ottawa-- mais toujours Beauceron !, ISBN 2-89448-421-6) in 2005.
Source: Quebec National Assembly website
See also
External links
- Social Credit's last stand CBC report on Roy's 1980 election campaign
- Biography at the official National Assembly of Quebec website (French)
- Parliament of Canada biography
| National Assembly of Quebec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Paul-Émile Allard (Union Nationale) |
MNA for Beauce 1970–1973 |
Succeeded by District split into Beauce-Nord and Beauce-Sud in 1972 |
| Parliament of Canada | ||
| Preceded by Yves Caron, Liberal |
Member of Parliament for Beauce 1979-1980 |
Succeeded by Normand Lapointe, Liberal |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by Charles-Arthur Gauthier |
National Leaders of Social Credit 1979-1980 |
Succeeded by Martin Hattersley |
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