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Jean-Yves Roy
Jean-Yves Roy
Member of Parliament; for Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia; (Matapédia—Matane; 2000–2004)
	In office; November 27, 2000 – October 22, 2010
Preceded by	René Canuel
Succeeded by	Jean-François Fortin (2011)
Personal details
Born	July 21, 1949 (age 75); Saint-Charles-Garnier, Quebec, Canada
Political party	Bloc Québécois
Residence(s)	Pointe-au-Père, Quebec, Canada
Profession	Teacher

Jean-Yves Roy (born July 21, 1949) is a retired Canadian politician. He was a Bloc Québécois member of the House of Commons of Canada from the 2000 election until his resignation in 2010.

Political career

Born in Saint-Charles-Garnier, Quebec, Roy represented the districts of Matapédia—Matane until 2006 and then Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia for the following four years. Prior to being elected he was a teacher. He is the Bloc's Fisheries and Oceans critic. He was a city councillor in Pointe-au-Père, Quebec in 1981, and he was mayor from 1982 to 1986.

Roy resigned from the House effective October 22, 2010 after having been largely absent from the House of Commons.^[1] He had been asked by Bloc leader Gilles Duceppe to make a decision as to his future due to his prolonged absences and announced in September that he would wait until after the Commons voted on a private members bill to abolish the long gun registry to resign so that he could vote for the registry's retention.^[2]