# Richard Lehoux

Richard Lehoux MP (born 1956) is a Canadian politician who has served as the member of Parliament (MP) for Beauce since 2019, as a member of the Conservative Party. Prior to his election to the House of Commons, Lehoux was the mayor of Saint-Elzear from 1998 to 2017 and the reeve of Nouvelle-Beauce Regional County Municipality from 2000 to 2017.

## Personal and professional life

Lehoux was born in 1956. His family has been in Beauce for eight generations. His great-grandfather served as mayor of Saint-Elzear from 1898 to 1902, and he is a fourth-generation dairy farmer.

## Political career
### Municipal politics
#### Mayor of Saint-Elzéar and Reeve of Nouvelle-Beauce RCM

Lehoux was the mayor of Saint-Elzéar, Quebec in the Chaudière-Appalaches region from 1998 to 2017, and the reeve of Nouvelle-Beauce RCM from 2000 to 2017.

#### Fédération québécoise des municipalités

Lehoux was a member of the Fédération québécoise des municipalités (FQM) from 2001 to 2017. He was the vice president from 2010 to 2014 and briefly served as interim president in 2012. He was elected as the FQM's president in 2014 and held the role until 2017.
When the FQM founded the Mutuelle des municipalités du Québec (MMQ) in 2003, Lehoux served as vice president. He would also serve as MMQ president from 2017 to 2018.

### Federal politics

Lehoux retired from municipal politics in 2017 to return to his dairy farm, but returned to politics in November 2018 as the Conservative candidate for the 2019 Canadian federal election in the Beauce riding, with the support (amongst others) of party leader Andrew Scheer.
Lehoux was elected to Parliament following the 2019 election, unseating incumbent Maxime Bernier, who formerly held the seat for the Conservatives, but resigned to form the libertarian-right People's Party of Canada (PPC). He was re-elected in the 2021 election.

## Electoral record

vte2021 Canadian federal election: Beauce :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | Richard Lehoux | 27,514 | 48.30 | +9.71 | $54,511.58 |
| | People's | Maxime Bernier | 10,362 | 18.20 | -10.17 | $65,399.38 |
| | Bloc Québécois | Solange Thibodeau | 8,644 | 15.20 | +1.07 | $4,385.30 |
| | Liberal | Philippe-Alexandre Langlois | 7,018 | 12.30 | +0.64 | $5,569.50 |
| | New Democratic | François Jacques-Côté | 1,637 | 2.90 | -0.14 | $24.86 |
| | Free | Chantale Giguère | 1,096 | 1.90 | – | $1,476.73 |
| | Green | Andrzej Wisniowski | 486 | 0.90 | -1.49 | $0.00 |
| | Marijuana | Sébastien Tanguay | 206 | 0.40 | – | $0.00 |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 56,980 | 100.0 | – | $115,918.81 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 895 | 1.57 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 57,875 | 66.74 | -2.91 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 86,716 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | +9.96 |
| Source: Elections Canada |||||||
vte2019 Canadian federal election: Beauce :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | Richard Lehoux | 22,817 | 38.59 | -20.39 | $88,659.51 |
| | People's | Maxime Bernier | 16,772 | 28.37 | – | $92,268.96 |
| | Bloc Québécois | Guillaume Rodrigue | 8,355 | 14.13 | +6.68 | $2,029.97 |
| | Liberal | Adam Veilleux | 6,895 | 11.66 | -10.56 | $42,675.69 |
| | New Democratic | François Jacques-Côté | 1,799 | 3.04 | -6.64 | $96.82 |
| | Green | Josiane Fortin | 1,415 | 2.39 | +0.7 | none listed |
| | Rhinoceros | Maxime Bernier | 1,072 | 0.81 | – | none listed |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 59,125 | 100.00 | | $112,590 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 1,147 | 1.89 | +0.64 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 59,125 | 68.48 | +2.33 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 86,333 |
| | Conservative gain from People's | Conservative gain from People's | Swing | Swing | -24.35 |
| Source: Elections Canada |||||||