Royal Galipeau (born January 5, 1947 in St-Isidore, Ontario) is a Member of Parliament for the Ottawa—Orléans federal constituency. He was the successful Conservative Party candidate in the Canadian federal elections of 2006 and 2008. Royal Galipeau has been married to his wife Anne for over 30 years. They have three sons and one daughter. Mr. Galipeau’s family has been involved in community life and local politics for four generations.
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Royal Galipeau (born January 5, 1947 in St-Isidore, Ontario) is a Member of Parliament for the Ottawa—Orléans federal constituency. He was the successful Conservative Party candidate in the Canadian federal elections of 2006 and 2008. Royal Galipeau has been married to his wife Anne for over 30 years. They have three sons and one daughter. Mr. Galipeau’s family has been involved in community life and local politics for four generations.
He was one of the Deputy Speakers of the House of Commons, officially titled as Deputy Chair of Committees of the Whole House.
A noted activist for the equal rights of Franco-Ontarians, Mr. Galipeau served two terms as a director of TVOntario during which he became one of the founders of TFO.
In 1982 he was elected to Gloucester City Council, unseating an incumbent. On city council, he helped introduce equal opportunity hiring policies and unsuccessfully pushed to replace the term "alderman" with a gender-neutral term. In 1985, he ran for mayor of...
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