Rick Laliberte

Rick Laliberte
MP
Member of Parliament
for Churchill River
In office
June 2, 1997 – June 28, 2004
Preceded byriding created
Succeeded byJeremy Harrison
Personal details
Born (1958-09-13) September 13, 1958 (age 66)
Île-à-la-Crosse, Saskatchewan, Canada
Political partyNDP (1997–2000)
Liberal (2000–2004)
Independent (2004)
ProfessionSchool administrator

Rick Laliberte (born September 13, 1958) is a former Canadian politician. Laliberte was a Member of Parliament for the riding of Churchill River, a riding that encompasses the northern half of the province of Saskatchewan.

Laliberte was born and raised in Beauval, Saskatchewan. He is Métis and is fluent in Cree-Michif.[1] He was elected as a New Democratic Party candidate in the 1997 federal election, but crossed the floor on September 27, 2000, to join the Liberal Party of Canada.[2][3] He was re-elected as a Liberal party member in the 2000 federal election.[4] He then left the Liberal Party prior to the 2004 election and failed to win reelection as an independent, coming in fourth behind the NDP, Liberals and the winning Conservative, Jeremy Harrison.[5]

Electoral record

2004 Canadian federal election: Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Conservative Jeremy Harrison 7,279 37.39 +1.62 $27,194
Liberal Al Ducharme 5,815 29.87 -11.94 $52,686
New Democratic Earl Cook 3,910 20.09 -1.72 $9,005
Independent (x)Rick Laliberte 1,923 9.88 -31.93 –
Green Marcella Gall 539 2.77 – –
Total valid votes 19,466 100.00  –
Total rejected ballots 76 0.39 -0.01
Turnout 19,542 47.41 -12.1
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing -6.8

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in the 2000 election.

2000 Canadian federal election: Churchill River
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal (x)Rick Laliberte 9,856 41.81 +13.41 $39,223
Alliance Kerry Peterson 7,679 32.57 +0.59 $62,019
New Democratic Ray Funk 5,141 21.81 -12.72 $48,853
Progressive Conservative David J. Rogers 755 3.20 -1.90 –
Canadian Action Brendan Cross 143 0.61 – $1,398
Total valid votes 23,574 100.00   –
Total rejected ballots 95 0.40 -0.09
Turnout 23,669 59.5 +2.3
  Liberal gain from New Democrat Swing -13.1

Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in the 1997 election.

1997 Canadian federal election: Churchill River
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Rick Laliberte 7,288 34.53 – $41,198
Reform Daryl Wiberg 6,750 31.98 – $25,132
Liberal Roy Bird 5,994 28.40 – $40,104
Progressive Conservative Bert Provost 1,077 5.10 – $79
Total valid votes 21,109 100.00   –
Total rejected ballots 105 0.49
Turnout 21,214 57.2

See also

References

  1. ^ Rick Laliberte - MP
  2. ^ "NDP MP defects to Liberal party". CBC News. September 28, 2000. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
  3. ^ "Chrétien reels in another defector". The Globe and Mail. September 28, 2000. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
  4. ^ "West shows it considers itself a different kind of place". The Globe and Mail. November 28, 2000. Retrieved December 7, 2015.
  5. ^ Lyons, Murray (June 29, 2004). "Harrison ousts Laliberte". The StarPhoenix. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. p. B4. Retrieved February 10, 2024 – via newspapers.com.


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