Benoit Joseph Robichaud is a Canadian politician. He represented the

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of Yarmouth in the

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from 1967 to 1970. He was a member of the

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Before politics

Robichaud was an optometrist who operated in

Yarmouth, Nova Scotia Yarmouth is a port town located on the Bay of Fundy in southwestern Nova Scotia, Canada. Yarmouth is the shire town of Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia, Yarmouth County and is the largest population centre in the region. History Originally inhab ...

Political career

He entered provincial politics in the 1967 election, winning the dual-member Yarmouth riding with Progressive Conservative George A. Snow. In the 1970 election, Robichaud was defeated when Snow finished 33 votes ahead of him to win the second seat, with Liberal

Fraser Mooney Joseph Fraser Mooney (February 24, 1927 – January 5, 2006) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Yarmouth in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1970 to 1984. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party. ...

winning the first. Robichaud ran again in the 1981 election, but lost to Mooney by 479 votes.

References

Living people Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia MLAs Politicians from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia Year of birth missing (living people) Politicians of Acadian descent 20th-century members of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly {{ProgressiveConservative-NovaScotia-MLA-stub