Roger Duguay
Leader of the New Brunswick New Democratic Party
In office
October 13, 2007 – October 25, 2010
Preceded byPat Hanratty (interim)
Succeeded byJesse Travis (interim)
Personal details
Born (1963-09-19) September 19, 1963
Maltempec, New Brunswick
Political partyNew Brunswick New Democratic Party
Alma materBachelor of Arts Université de Moncton, Masters of Theology Université de Moncton
OccupationPriest, teacher

Roger Duguay is a former Canadian politician and Roman Catholic priest. He sought election to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick unsuccessfully on four occasions as a representative of the New Brunswick New Democratic Party (NDP). He served as the New Brunswick NDP's leader from 2007 to 2010.

Political career

Duguay has been a candidate for the NB New Democratic Party on three previous occasions, dating back to the 1991 election.[1]

In 1999, he ran in the riding of Centre-Péninsule. As a result, he was suspended from his position as a pastor with the Catholic Church for breaking the Diocese's policy on political activity.[2] Although he was reinstated after the election, he later left the church voluntarily in order to continue his political career.

In the 2006 election, Duguay was the party's most successful candidate, winning 26.1 per cent of the vote in the riding of Miramichi Bay-Neguac. This result led to his successful nomination for the party leadership on October 13, 2007.[3][4]

In May 2009, the party announced that Duguay would seek the nomination in Tracadie-Sheila.[5]

A Corporate Research Associates poll conducted in June 2009 showed an improvement for the NDP from 13 to 16 percent of decided voters, while a subsequent poll conducted in September 2009 showed a jump to 22 percent. In addition, Duguay's personal popularity rating doubled from 6% to 12% in that three-month period.[6]

Duguay received a 100% vote of confidence in his leadership from the near-100 delegates in attendance for the New Brunswick NDP Biennial Convention, held October 17, 2009.

He stepped down as leader on October 25, 2010 after failing to win a seat in the 2010 general election.[7] On November 2, 2010, Duguay further announced that he would be leaving the NDP altogether because of what he called "feuding" between party members and "outsiders" who had been brought in to run the election campaign.[8]

Duguay was a 2018 Quebec general election candidate for the New Democratic Party of Quebec in the Quebec City provincial electoral district of Taschereau.[9]

Electoral history

1991 New Brunswick general election: Caraquet
Party Candidate Votes %
  Liberal Bernard Thériault 5,298 54.4
  Progressive Conservative Gilbert Godin 2,279 23.4
  New Democrat Roger Duguay 2,167 22.2
1999 New Brunswick general election: Centre-Péninsule
Party Candidate Votes %
  Progressive Conservative Louis-Philippe McGraw 3,551 51.8
  Liberal Denis Landry 2,344 34.2
  New Democrat Roger Duguay 955 13.9
2006 New Brunswick general election: Miramichi Bay-Neguac
Party Candidate Votes %
  Liberal Carmel Robichaud 3,108 45.3
  Progressive Conservative Guy Vautour 1,963 28.6
  New Democrat Roger Duguay 1,784 26.0
2007 New Brunswick New Democratic Party leadership election
Party Candidate Votes %
  New Democrat Roger Duguay >371* >50*
  New Democrat Dennis Atchison <371* <50*

*The NDP did not release the vote totals of individual candidates, but there were 742 votes cast and Duguay was the winner.

2010 New Brunswick general election: Tracadie-Sheila
Party Candidate Votes %
  Progressive Conservative Claude Landry 3,806 48.8
  New Democrat Roger Duguay 2,511 32.2
  Liberal Norma McGraw 1,478 19.0
2018 Quebec general election: Taschereau
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Québec solidaireCatherine Dorion15,37342.52+27.23
Coalition Avenir QuébecSvetlana Solomykina6,86218.98+2.58
LiberalFlorent Tanlet6,38717.66-12.74
Parti QuébécoisDiane Lavallée6,37917.64-14.02
GreenÉlisabeth Grégoire5341.48
Parti nulNicolas Pouliot2010.56-0.51
New DemocraticRoger Duguay1960.54
Citoyens au pouvoirChristian Lavoie1520.42
Équipe AutonomisteGuy Boivin730.20+0.06
Total valid votes 36,157 98.82
Total rejected ballots 431 1.18
Turnout 36,588 73.74
Eligible voters 49,619
Québec solidaire gain from Parti Québécois Swing +12.33
Source(s)
"Rapport des résultats officiels du scrutin". Élections Québec.

References

  1. ↑ "NDP leader gets boost from latest poll results". Telegraph Journal. September 4, 2009. Archived from the original on October 1, 2011.
  2. ↑ "Priest suspended for entering politics". CBC News. May 18, 1999. Retrieved 2015-05-05.
  3. ↑ "Former priest takes reins of N.B.'s NDP". CBC News. October 15, 2007. Retrieved 2015-05-05.
  4. ↑ "Former Catholic priest wins leadership of New Brunswick's NDP". The Globe and Mail. October 13, 2007.
  5. ↑ "NDP leader to run in Tracadie-Sheila". CBC News. May 14, 2009. Retrieved 2015-05-05.
  6. ↑ "NDP support breaks record". The Daily Gleaner. September 3, 2009. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011.
  7. ↑ "N.B. NDP Leader resigns". CBC News. October 25, 2010. Retrieved 2015-05-05.
  8. ↑ "Duguay to leave NDP". CBC News. November 2, 2010. Retrieved 2015-05-05.
  9. ↑ "Roger Duguay - Nouveau Parti démocratique du Québec (NPDQ)". www.lenpdq.org. Archived from the original on 2018-09-23.
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