Sylvain Roy
Canadian politician
Sylvain Roy is a Canadian politician from Quebec, who served as a member of the National Assembly of Quebec for the electoral district of Bonaventure.
He was elected in the 2012 Quebec general election, defeating Liberal incumbent Damien Arsenault. He had previously lost to Arsenault in a by-election on December 5, 2011.
On June 4, 2021, Roy announced on Twitter that he would leave the Parti Québécois caucus and sit as an independent MNA, citing disagreements regarding the application of Bill 101 in CEGEP along with other issues that deteriorated his trust relationship with his former caucus.
References
External links
"Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
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