Richard Legendre (born January 19, 1953, in Montmagny, Quebec) is a former professional

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player and politician in

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, Canada.

Tennis

Legendre was born in Montmagny,

. He once represented

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at the

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and had a career-high tennis ranking of World No. 232 in singles (December 1978). He played

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collegiate tennis at

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in 1972 and 1973.

Politics

He was the Quebec minister of sports in

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's cabinet, after being elected as a Member of the

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for the riding of Blainville in 2001. In 2005 he was a candidate in the

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's leadership election, a bid notably supported by former Quebec minister

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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 Action democratique du Quebec's Pierre Gingras who was a former mayor for the City of Blainville. The party nearly won every seat in the lower Laurentians region. Legendre was Vice-President of Montreal Impact; he was nominated on August 13, 2007. He's now teaching at HEC Montreal, and regularly appears on TVA Sports morning show Les Partants commenting on economic sports news.

Electoral record (partial)

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Tennis

Politics

Electoral record (partial)

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