Royal N. Galipeau
Member of Parliament for Ottawa—Orléans
Incumbent
Assumed office  2006
Preceded by	Marc Godbout
Born	January 5, 1947 (1947-01-05) (age 61) St-Isidore, Ontario
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Anne Galipeau
Residence	Ottawa
Profession	advisor, businessman, corporate director

Royal N. For the provincial electoral district see Ottawa—Orléans (provincial electoral district Ottawa—Orléans (formerly Gloucester—Carleton The 2006 Canadian federal election (more formally the 39th General Election) was held on January 23 2006 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the Marc Godbout (born June 8, 1951) is the former Canadian Member of Parliament (MP Events 1477 - Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is killed and Burgundy becomes part of France. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Nation ( La Nation in French) is a Municipality in eastern Ontario, Canada, in the United Counties of Prescott and Russell The Conservative Party of Canada ( Parti conservateur du Canada) colloquially known as the " Tories " is a conservative Ottawa (ˈɒtəwə or sometimes /ˈɒtəwɑː/ is the Capital of Canada and the country's fourth largest municipality. Galipeau (born January 5, 1947 in St-Isidore, Ontario) is a Member of Parliament for the Ottawa—Orléans federal constituency. Events 1477 - Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is killed and Burgundy becomes part of France. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. For the provincial electoral district see Ottawa—Orléans (provincial electoral district Ottawa—Orléans (formerly Gloucester—Carleton A businessman and civil servant in Ottawa, Canada, he was the successful Conservative Party candidate in the 2006 federal election. Ottawa (ˈɒtəwə or sometimes /ˈɒtəwɑː/ is the Capital of Canada and the country's fourth largest municipality. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The Conservative Party of Canada ( Parti conservateur du Canada) colloquially known as the " Tories " is a conservative The 2006 Canadian federal election (more formally the 39th General Election) was held on January 23 2006 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the Royal Galipeau has been married to his wife Anne for over 30 years. They have three sons and one daughter. Mr. Galipeau’s family has been involved in community life and local politics for four generations.

He is one of the Deputy Speakers of the House of Commons, officially titled as Deputy Chair of Committees of the Whole House. In Canada the Speaker of the House of Commons ( French: Président de la Chambre des communes) is the presiding officer of the 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

A noted activist for the equal rights of Franco-Ontarians, Mr. Galipeau served two terms as a director of TVOntario during which he became one of the founders of TFO. TVOntario, often referred to only as TVO, ( Call signs CICA, CICE, CICO) is a publicly-funded educational English language

In 1982 he was elected to Gloucester City Council, unseating an incumbent. Gloucester was a City in eastern Ontario, Canada, on the Ottawa River and is now a Suburb of the City of Ottawa. On city council, he helped introduce equal opportunity hiring policies and unsuccessfully pushed to replace the term "alderman" with a gender-neutral term. In 1985, he ran for mayor of Gloucester, finishing third behind fellow councillor Harry Allen and interim mayor Mitch Owens. Mitch Owens was a city councillor and interim mayor of Gloucester Ontario, Canada.

Galipeau served as trustee and vice-chair of the Ottawa Public Library where he helped introduce content-filtered Internet access to city public libraries. He served on the Ottawa-Carleton Regional District Health Council, helping prepare a policy for the delivery of minority language health services. In 2005, Galipeau was involved in the East-West Light Rail Transit Corridor Environmental Assessment Committee, studying implementation of a rapid transit system across Ottawa.

Galipeau was long a Liberal and served as campaign manager for the unsuccessful Liberal candidate in Carleton in the 1995 Ontario provincial election and as assistant to MP Mauril Belanger. For the current|defunct federal|provincial electoral district see Carleton (electoral district ---> Carleton was a federal and provincial The Ontario general election of 1995 was held on June 8, 1995, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the province of Ontario Mauril A Bélanger, PC, MP (born June 15, 1955) is a Member of the Canadian Parliament. However, in May 2005 he decided to run for the Conservatives. The riding of Ottawa—Orléans was a Conservative target. In the 2004 federal election, Walter Robinson, the high profile head of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, failed to capture the seat, losing to Liberal newcomer Marc Godbout by 2,800 votes. The Canadian federal election 2004 (more formally the 38th General Election) was held on June 28, 2004 to elect members of the Canadian House of The Canadian Taxpayers Federation or CTF, is a Canadian Non-governmental organization that critiques and monitors spending by the federal provincial Marc Godbout (born June 8, 1951) is the former Canadian Member of Parliament (MP

On January 23, 2006, Mr. Galipeau was elected to the House of Commons with a margin of 1,231 votes over his closest opponent. He also received 1,800 more votes than the Conservative candidate had won in the previous general election.

On April 30th, 2007, several media organisations reported that Galipeau, in his capacity as Vice-president of the committees of the Whole, had agreed to help students from La Cité collégiale and Algonquin College gain access to federal student employment programs on Parliament Hill. Many of these programs are reserved to students registered at one of the four National Capital Region universities.

In 2005, several media organizations reported that the Ottawa library sent a collection agency after Galipeau to recover around $2,500 advanced to Galipeau for travel expenses since 2001. Galipeau had neglected to submit the required receipts to document these expenses. He promptly did and resolved the matter. Some called the Library's actions extreme, others called Galipeau negligent. [1]

Egale Canada, a pro-same sex marriage lobby group, tracked the position of candidates in the 2006 federal election. Egale Canada was founded in 1986 to advance equality for Canadian Lesbian, Gay, bisexual and Transgendered people and their families Same-sex marriage (also referred to as gay marriage) is a term for a legally or Socially recognized Marriage between two people of the same Galipeau (like many but not all Conservative candidates) received their "F" rating. He was endorsed by Vote Marriage Canada a pro-marriage lobby group, dedicated to "restoring marriage as the legal union of one man and one woman. Vote Marriage Canada was a socially conservative political lobbying group organized for the Canadian federal election in 2006 aiming at the overturning of the legal " He is also strongly opposed to abortion. An

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