Ricardo López (politician)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is López and the second or maternal family name is Bello.

Ricardo López Bello (February 13, 1937 – January 27, 2024) was a Canadian politician who was a member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a businessman by trade.

López was born in Cabrui, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain and represented the Quebec riding of Châteauguay. He was first elected in the 1984 federal election and re-elected in 1988, therefore becoming a member in the 33rd and 34th Canadian Parliaments. He was a member of the Progressive Conservative (PC) Party. He did not serve in the cabinet under PC prime ministers Brian Mulroney or Kim Campbell. His main claim to fame in the House of Commons was that when he rose to address the assembly, both English and French interpreters would immediately start to try to decipher his speech due to his thick accent.

López left federal politics after he lost his seat in 1993 to Maurice Godin of the Bloc Québécois. He was also defeated at the same riding in the 2000 federal election, this time a candidate for the Canadian Alliance.

López died on January 27, 2024, at the age of 86.^[1]

Electoral history

v t e 1984 Canadian federal election: Châteauguay
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Ricardo López	21,318
	Liberal	Ian Watson	17,313
	New Democratic	Robert Vigneault	5,083
	Parti nationaliste	Jean-Guy Lafrenaye	1,630
	Libertarian	Guy Pelletier	284
	Commonwealth of Canada	Gilles A. Grisé	124

v t e 1988 Canadian federal election: Châteauguay
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Ricardo López	22,439
	Liberal	Jean-Marc Fournier	16,422
	New Democratic	Pierre Hétu	8,282
	Not affiliated	André Turcot	1,724
	Rhinoceros	Hubert Le Tube Simon	1,250

v t e 1993 Canadian federal election: Châteauguay
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Bloc Québécois	Maurice Godin	34,271
	Liberal	Kimon Valaskakis	18,012
	Progressive Conservative	Ricardo López	5,749
	New Democratic	Luc Proulx	850
	Commonwealth of Canada	Stéphane Beauregard	317

v t e 2000 Canadian federal election: Châteauguay
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Bloc Québécois	Robert Lanctôt	26,284
	Liberal	Carole Marcil	22,972
	Alliance	Ricardo López	3,120
	Progressive Conservative	Réjeanne Rioux	2,041
	Natural Law	Margaret Larrass	743
	New Democratic	Robert Lindblad	622

References

1. "Ricardo Lopez". InMemoriam.ca. Retrieved 22 March 2024.

External links

• Ricardo López (politician) – Parliament of Canada biography
• Norman Spector coverage from September 2008 [1]