Richard Legendre

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Richard Legendre (born in Montreal on 19 January 1953) is a former professional tennis player and a Quebec politician.

[edit] Profile

Legendre once represented Canada at the Davis Cup and had a career-high ranking of World No. 232 (December 1978). He was the Quebec minister of sports in Bernard Landry's cabinet, after being elected as MNA for the riding of Blainville in 2001. In 2005 he was a candidate in the Parti Québécois's leadership election, a bid notably supported by former Quebec minister François Legault and sprinter and olympic medalist Bruny Surin. Legendre placed third with 7.5% of the vote.

In the 2007 elections, Legendre was surprisingly defeated by the ADQ's Pierre Gingras who was a former mayor for the City of Blainville. The party nearly won every seat in the lower Laurentians region. [1]

[edit] See also

• Parti Québécois leadership election, 2005
• Quebec sovereignty movement

[edit] External links

• National Assembly biography
• Bilan du Siècle biography
• Official site of the Legendre leadership campaign

National Assembly of Quebec
Preceded by Céline Signori (PQ)	MNA, District of Blainville 2001–2007	Succeeded by Pierre Gingras (ADQ)