Richard Bélisle (born 20 July 1946 in

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) is a Canadian politician who was a member of the

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from 1993 to 1997. His career has been in health and safety fields. He was elected in the La Prairie electoral district under the

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party in the 1993 federal election, thus he served in the

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. Due to riding restructuring, he sought re-election in the Saint-Lambert electoral district in the 1997 federal election, but lost to

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candidate

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. Bélisle switched to the

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party and campaigned in the 2000 federal election at the

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. He lost to Liberal

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. In the 2004 federal election he unsuccessfully ran as the

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candidate in the riding of Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher. In the

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, Richard Bélisle ran for the

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in the

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provincial electoral district of

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, losing to the

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incumbent

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. He was defeated as the Conservative Party candidate in the riding of Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher in the 2011 federal election.

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* 1946 births Bloc Québécois MPs Living people Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec Politicians from Montreal 20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada {{BlocQuébécois-MP-stub