Richard Janelle was a member of the Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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. He was a secretary and coordinator by career.

Janelle represented Quebec's Lotbinière electoral district

Lotbinière (electoral district)

Lotbinière was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 2004.It was created by the British North America Act of 1867...

 at which he won a 16 October 1978 by-election. He served the remaining months of the 30th Canadian Parliament

30th Canadian Parliament

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 and was re-elected in the 1979 election

Canadian federal election, 1979

The Canadian federal election of 1979 was held on May 22, 1979 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 31st Parliament of Canada. It resulted in the defeat of Liberal Party of Canada after 11 years in power under Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. Joe Clark led the Progressive...

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Initially, he was a member of the Social Credit party

Social Credit Party of Canada

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, but during his term in the 31st Canadian Parliament

31st Canadian Parliament

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 he joined the governing Progressive Conservative party

Progressive Conservative Party of Canada

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. After the defeat of the short-lived Joe Clark

Joe Clark

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 administration, Janelle was defeated by Jean-Guy Dubois

Jean-Guy Dubois

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 of the Liberal party

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 in the 1980 election

Canadian federal election, 1980

The Canadian federal election of 1980 was held on February 18, 1980 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 32nd Parliament of Canada...

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He made one further unsuccessful attempt to return to Parliament in a 4 May 1981 by-election at the Lévis riding

Lévis (electoral district)

Lévis was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 2004. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867. From 1998 to 2003, it was known as Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière...

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