Régent Millette

Aspirant politician in Canada

Régent Millette

Personal details
Born| (1935-09-14)September 14, 1935
Died| 21 August 2013(2013-08-21) (aged 77)
Saint-Charles-Borromée
Political party| Independent
Other political
affiliations| Parti république du Québec, Parti démocratie chrétienne
Spouse| Claire Séguin
Profession| Teacher

Régent Millette (September 14, 1935 - August 21, 2013) was a perennial candidate for public office, having run in twenty-five federal, provincial, and municipal elections since 2000. In 2013, he declared "I will run for office until I die".[1] He was a candidate of the Parti démocratie chrétienne du Québec in the 2003 provincial election but has run as an independent in every other campaign. He was a member of the short-lived Parti république du Québec in 2007 but never actually ran under its banner.[2]

Millette has a teaching certificate and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Université de Montréal and has worked as a teacher.[3] During the 2005 municipal election, he said that he felt a calling to serve the public and would take no salary if elected.[4] He holds socially conservative views; during the 2003 Montreal gay pride parade, he was quoted as saying, "I love everybody but in the Bible they say there are many things that are against nature."[5]

## Political activism

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A candidate named Régent Millette ran for the Ralliement national in the 1966 Quebec election and received 96 votes (0.46%) for a fifth-place finish against incumbent Liberal cabinet minister Paul Gérin-Lajoie. This may have been the same person.

In March 2006, Mr. Millette was charged with attempting to file a breach of condition and conspiring to file a breach of condition when, at a meeting of Laval city council, he asked questions on behalf of Rick Blatter while the latter had undertaken to respect a court order prohibiting him from communicating with the staff of the town hall and the elected officials of Laval. Following his acquittal, Mr Millette tried to get an indemnity of $95,000 from Ville de Laval but lost his case in 2012. In 2013 the Supreme Court of Canada rejected his request for appeal.[6]

Electoral record Election  | Division  | Party  | Votes  | %  | Place  | Winner

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2000 federal | Laval East | Independent  | 255  | 0.44  | 8/9  | Carole-Marie Allard, Liberal
Quebec provincial by-election, 9 April 2001  | Mercier | Independent  | 27  | 0.16  | 9/9  | Nathalie Rochefort, Liberal
Quebec provincial by-election, 1 October 2001  | Blainville | Independent  | 97  | 0.43  | 6/6  | Richard Legendre, Parti Québécois
2005 Laval municipal | Mayor of Laval | Independent  | 606  | 0.48  | 4/4  | Gilles Vaillancourt, Parti PRO des Lavallois
Quebec provincial by-election, 15 April 2002  | Anjou | Independent  | 72  | 0.44  | 5/5  | Lise Thériault, Liberal
Quebec provincial by-election, 17 June 2002  | Vimont | Independent  | 212  | 0.70  | 4/4  | François Gaudreau, Action démocratique du Québec
2003 provincial | Mille-Îles | Parti démocratie chrétienne | 113  | 0.28  | 5/5  | Maurice Clermont, Liberal
2004 federal | Alfred-Pellan | Independent  | 89  | 0.17  | 7/7  | Robert Carrier, Bloc Québécois
Quebec provincial by-election, 20 September 2004  | Gouin | Independent  | 33  | 0.22  | 7/7  | Nicolas Girard, Parti Québécois
2005 Laval municipal | Mayor of Laval | Independent  | 3,474  | 4.41  | 4/4  | Gilles Vaillancourt, Parti PRO des Lavallois
Quebec provincial by-election, 12 December 2005  | Outremont | Independent  | 28  | 0.21  | 7/7  | Raymond Bachand, Liberal
2006 federal | Outremont | Independent  | 22  | 0.05  | 11/11  | Jean Lapierre, Liberal
Quebec provincial by-election, 10 April 2006  | Sainte-Marie–Saint-Jacques | Independent  | 28  | 0.21  | 7/7  | Martin Lemay, Parti Québécois
Quebec provincial by-election, 14 August 2006  | Pointe-aux-Trembles | Independent  | 52  | 0.41  | 8/8  | André Boisclair, Parti Québécois
Canadian federal by-election, 27 November 2006  | Repentigny | Independent  | 78  | 0.25  | 7/7  | Raymond Gravel, Bloc Québécois
2007 provincial | Mille-Îles | Independent  | 96  | 0.23  | 6/6  | Maurice Clermont, Liberal
Canadian federal by-election, 17 September 2007  | Outremont | Independent  | 32  | 0.13  | 11/12  | Thomas Mulcair, New Democratic Party
Quebec provincial by-election, 12 May 2008  | Pointe-aux-Trembles | Independent  | 31  | 0.23  | 8/8  | Nicole Léger, Parti Québécois
Canadian federal by-election, 8 September 2008  | Westmount—Ville-Marie | Independent  | \-  | \-  | \-  | election cancelled
2008 federal | Alfred-Pellan | Independent  | 259  | 0.49  | 6/6  | Robert Carrier, Bloc Québécois
2008 provincial | Mille-Îles | Independent  | 44  | 0.13  | 7/7  | Francine Charbonneau, Liberal
Quebec provincial by-election, 22 June 2009  | Marguerite-Bourgeoys | Independent  | 41  | 0.38  | 8/8  | Clément Gignac, Liberal
2009 Laval municipal | Mayor of Laval | Independent  | 682  | 0.70  | 4/5  | Gilles Vaillancourt, Parti PRO des Lavallois
Quebec provincial by-election, 5 July 2010  | Vachon | Independent  | 71  | 0.53  | 7/7  | Martine Ouellet, Parti Québécois
2011 federal | Alfred-Pellan | Independent  | 245  | 0.45  | 6/6  | Rosane Doré Lefebvre, New Democratic Party
Quebec provincial election, 4 September 2012  | Mille-Îles | Independent  | 122  | 0,38  | 7/8  | Francine Charbonneau, Liberal
2013 Laval municipal | Mayor of Laval | Independent  | 611  | 0.53  | 9/9  | Marc Demers, Mouvement lavallois

## Death

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Mr Millette, aged 77 years old, passed away on August 21, 2013 at the Joliette Regional Hospital in Saint-Charles-Borromée.

## References

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1. ^ ""Je vais me présenter jusqu'à ma mort"".
2. ^ "Les dissidents auront le choix", Radio-Canada, 5 April 2007, accessed 3 April 2011.
3. ^ Canada Votes 2006: Candidates and Ridings: Outremont, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, accessed 6 April 2011.
4. ^ Michelle Lalonde, "Vaillancourt wins in a walkover: 5th term as mayor. Colourful challengers included 18-year-old, part-time actor," Montreal Gazette, 7 November 2005, A8.
5. ^ Ross Marowits, "Catholic Church hypocritical to attack same-sex marriage, say gay activists," Canadian Press, 3 August 2003, 18:36.
6. ^ "Pas d'indemnité pour un candidat à la mairie de Laval" (in French). Retrieved July 18, 2023.