Richard Lehoux (born 1956) is a

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politician who served as the member of Parliament (MP) for Beauce from 2019 until 2025, as a member of the Conservative Party. Prior to his election to the House of Commons, Lehoux was the mayor of Saint-Elzear from 1998 to 2017 and the reeve of Nouvelle-Beauce Regional County Municipality from 2000 to 2017.

Personal and professional life

Lehoux was born in 1956. His family has been in Beauce for eight generations. His great-grandfather served as mayor of Saint-Elzear from 1898 to 1902, and he is a fourth-generation

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Political career

Municipal politics

Mayor of Saint-Elzéar and Reeve of Nouvelle-Beauce RCM

Lehoux was the mayor of Saint-Elzéar, Quebec in the

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region from 1998 to 2017, and the reeve of Nouvelle-Beauce RCM from 2000 to 2017.

Fédération québécoise des municipalités

Lehoux was a member of the Fédération québécoise des municipalités (FQM) from 2001 to 2017. He was the vice president from 2010 to 2014 and briefly served as interim president in 2012. He was elected as the FQM's president in 2014 and held the role until 2017. When the FQM founded the Mutuelle des municipalités du Québec (MMQ) in 2003, Lehoux served as vice president. He would also serve as MMQ president from 2017 to 2018.

Federal politics

Lehoux retired from municipal politics in 2017 to return to his dairy farm, but returned to politics in November 2018 as the Conservative candidate for the

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in the Beauce riding, with the support (amongst others) of party leader

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. Lehoux was elected to Parliament following the 2019 election, unseating incumbent

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, who formerly held the seat for the Conservatives, but resigned to form the libertarian-right

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(PPC). He was re-elected in the 2021 election. On March 21, 2025, Lehoux announced that he would not run for re-election in the

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Electoral record

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lehoux, Richard Living people Conservative Party of Canada MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec 1956 births People from Beauce, Quebec Politicians from Chaudière-Appalaches 20th-century mayors of places in Quebec 21st-century members of the House of Commons of Canada 21st-century mayors of places in Quebec