Robert Lanctôt

Robert Lanctôt (born November 19, 1963) is a former Canadian politician and lawyer.

A lawyer by profession, Lanctôt was elected as a member of Parliament (MP) for the Bloc Québécois in the 2000 federal election representing the riding of Châteauguay. He served in the Bloc Québécois (BQ) shadow cabinet as Critic for Amateur Sport and Children and Youth from 2000 to 2002, Critic for Scrutiny of Regulations from 2001 to 2002 and Critic for Public Works and Government Services from 2002 to 2003.

On December 11, 2003, following Paul Martin's election as leader of the governing Liberal Party of Canada and the day before Martin's swearing in as Prime Minister, Lanctôt crossed the floor to join the Liberals. His defection occurred days after his riding association passed a resolution stating it no longer wished to work with the MP and did not want him to run for the BQ in the next election.^[1]

Lanctôt ran as a Liberal in Châteauguay—Saint-Constant in the 2004 federal election but was defeated by the BQ's Denise Poirier-Rivard.

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. "CTV.ca | Bloc MP Robert Lanctot jumps to the Liberals". March 11, 2007. Archived from the original on March 11, 2007.

External links

• Robert Lanctôt – Parliament of Canada biography