Rick Laliberte

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Rick Laliberte is a former Canadian Member of Parliament for the riding of Churchill River, a riding that encompasses the northern half of the province of Saskatchewan.

Laliberte was born and raised in Beauval, Saskatchewan. He is Métis and is fluent in Michif. He was elected as an New Democratic Party candidate in the 1997 federal election, but crossed the floor on September 27, 2000 to join the Liberal Party of Canada. He was re-elected as a Liberal party member in the 2000 federal election. He then left the Liberal Party prior to the 2004 election and failed to win reelection as an Independent, coming in fourth behind the NDP, Liberals and winning Conservative, Jeremy Harrison.

Preceded by creation

Member for Churchill River 1997–2004

Succeeded by Jeremy Harrison