Benoit Robichaud

Benoit Robichaud
MLA for Yarmouth
In office 1967–1970
Preceded by	George A. Burridge
Succeeded by	Fraser Mooney
Personal details
Political party	Progressive Conservative
Residence	Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
Occupation	optometrist

Benoit Robichaud is a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Yarmouth in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1967 to 1970. He was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia.^[1]

Robichaud is an optometrist in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.^[2] He entered provincial politics in the 1967 election, winning the dual-member Yarmouth riding with Progressive Conservative George A. Snow.^[3] In the 1970 election, Robichaud was defeated when Snow finished 33 votes ahead of him to win the second seat, with Liberal Fraser Mooney winning the first.^[4] Robichaud ran again in the 1981 election, but lost to Mooney by 479 votes.^[5]

References

1. "Electoral History for Yarmouth" (PDF). Nova Scotia Legislative Library. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
2. Elliott, Shirley B. (1984). The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758–1983 : a biographical directory (PDF). Public Archives of Nova Scotia. p. 189. ISBN 0-88871-050-X. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
3. "Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1967" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 1967. p. 79. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
4. "Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1970" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 1970. p. 82. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
5. "Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1981" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 1981. p. 124. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-03-10. Retrieved 2015-05-03.