René Piché

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René L. Piché is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1981 to 1985, and briefly served as a cabinet minister in the government of Frank Miller. Piché was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party.

Piché began his political career at the municipal level, serving as Mayor of Kapuskasing. He was elected for the Cochrane North constituency in the 1985 provincial election, defeating Liberal candidate Jean-Paul Bourgeault by 188 votes. He served as a backbench supporter of Bill Davis's government for four years, and was named a minister without portfolio when Miller succeeded Davis as premier on February 8, 1985.

The Progressive Conservatives were reduced to a tenuous minority government in the 1985 provincial election. Piché was personally defeated in Cochrane North, losing to Liberal René Fontaine by 1,910 votes. He formally resigned from cabinet on May 17, 1985. He later returned to municipal politics, and again served as Kapuskasing's mayor in the 1990s.

Piché attempted to return to the Ontario legislature in the 1990 provincial election, but finished third against New Democrat Len Wood.