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♂ Ricardo López Bello
aliasRicardo López
Record
36788 · 954

☆   Spanish-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 2 2 4
Birth 13 February 1937 → 87 years + 2 months ago
Lived 86 years + 11 months
First mandate 4 September 1984 → 39 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 47 years + 6 months
Death 27 January 2024 → 3 months ago
Exit → Death 30 years + 3 months after 24 October 1993
Special notes
None
 
Ricardo López Bello (1937–2024)
© Photo 1988 House of Commons (Canada) — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
Born in Spain, López, the Progressive Conservative MP for Châteauguay from 1984 to 1993, was said to have such a thick accent while in Parliament that both English and French interpreters had difficulty deciphering what he was saying. During the Oka Crisis in 1990, he sparked controversy by declaring that it would be better to deport the indigenous people to Labrador.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 9 1 18

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
4 documented challengers
⊕ Jean-Marc Fournier  m 
⊕ Robert Lanctôt  m 
 		 ⊕ Maurice Godin  m 
⊖ Ian Watson  m 
 
Eligible: 64,044 Votes: 46,688 Participation: 72.90% Candidacies: 6
Federal
33		 Québec
4 September 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3964(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
47
PC
 1/6 21,318 46.59% +4,005 Loser:
LIB
 17,313 37.84% Ian Watson

Service: 4 years 2 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 50,117 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Federal
34		 Québec
21 November 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3669(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
PC
 1/5 22,439 44.77% +6,017 Loser:
LIB
 16,422 32.77% Jean-Marc Fournier

Service: 4 years 11 months 3 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 81,024 Votes: 61,998 Participation: 76.52% Candidacies: 5
Federal
35		 Québec
25 October 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3375(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
56
PC
 3/5 5,782 9.68% -28,870 Winner:
BQ
 34,652 58.01% Maurice Godin
Eligible: 85,512 Votes: 57,530 Participation: 67.28% Candidacies: 6
Federal
37		 Québec
27 November 2000
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2802(F) — 30 Jun 2023 12:23 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to Parliament
Age
63
CA
 3/6 3,120 5.59% -23,164 Winner:
BQ
 26,284 47.12% Robert Lanctôt

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Ricardo Lopez, M.P.		 11 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Ricardo Lopez, député		 11 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Ricardo López (politician)		 11 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Ricardo López (homme politique)		 11 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 11 Apr 2024 20:06 (but data presented dynamically)

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