Roger Duguay is a former Canadian politician and Roman Catholic priest. He sought election to the

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unsuccessfully on four occasions as a representative of the

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(NDP). He served as the New Brunswick NDP's leader from 2007 to 2010.

Political career

Duguay has been a candidate for the NB New Democratic Party on three previous occasions, dating back to the 1991 election. In 1999, he ran in the riding of Centre-Péninsule. As a result, he was suspended from his position as a pastor with the Catholic Church for breaking the Diocese's policy on political activity. Although he was reinstated after the election, he later left the church voluntarily in order to continue his political career. In the 2006 election, Duguay was the party's most successful candidate, winning 26.1 per cent of the vote in the riding of

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. This result led to his successful nomination for the party leadership on October 13, 2007. In May 2009, the party announced that Duguay would seek the nomination in

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. A Corporate Research Associates poll conducted in June 2009 showed an improvement for the NDP from 13 to 16 percent of decided voters, while a subsequent poll conducted in September 2009 showed a jump to 22 percent. In addition, Duguay's personal popularity rating doubled from 6% to 12% in that three-month period. Duguay received a 100% vote of confidence in his leadership from the near-100 delegates in attendance for the New Brunswick NDP Biennial Convention, held October 17, 2009. He stepped down as leader on October 25, 2010 after failing to win a seat in the 2010 general election. On November 2, 2010, Duguay further announced that he would be leaving the NDP altogether because of what he called "feuding" between party members and "outsiders" who had been brought in to run the election campaign. Duguay was a

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candidate for the

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in the

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provincial electoral district of Taschereau.

Electoral history

, - , Liberal , Bernard Thériault , 5,298 , 54.4 , - , Progressive Conservative , Gilbert Godin , 2,279 , 23.4 , - ,

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, Roger Duguay , 2,167 , 22.2 , - , Progressive Conservative ,

Louis-Philippe McGraw Louis-Philippe McGraw (born October 26, 1971, in Sainte-Rose, New Brunswick) is a lawyer in the province of New Brunswick, Canada. He is a former member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, having served from 1999 to 2003. In 2008 he ...

, 3,551 , 51.8 , - , Liberal ,

Denis Landry Denis Landry (born November 13, 1957) is the Mayor of Hautes-Terres and a former Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, MLA and Leader of the Opposition (New Brunswick), Leader of the Opposition in the province (Canada), province of New Brunswic ...

, 2,344 , 34.2 , - ,

, Roger Duguay , 955 , 13.9 , - , Liberal ,

Carmel Robichaud Carmel Robichaud is a politician and retired teacher in New Brunswick, Canada. She is a member of Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick representing the electoral district of Miramichi Bay-Neguac. Early life Born in Neguac, New Brunswick, the ...

, 3,108 , 45.3 , - , Progressive Conservative , Guy Vautour , 1,963 , 28.6 , - ,

, Roger Duguay , 1,784 , 26.0 , - ,

, Roger Duguay , >371* , >50* , - ,

, Dennis Atchison , <371* , <50* *The NDP did not release the vote totals of individual candidates, but there were 742 votes cast and Duguay was the winner. , - , Progressive Conservative , Claude Landry , 3,806 , 48.8 , - ,

, Roger Duguay , 2,511 , 32.2 , - , Liberal , Norma McGraw , 1,478 , 19.0

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Duguay, Roger 1963 births Politicians of Acadian descent Candidates in New Brunswick provincial elections Living people Leaders of the New Brunswick CCF/NDP People from Gloucester County, New Brunswick