Richard Marois

Richard Marois is a Quebec environmentalist and current president of the Conseil regional de l’environnement de la Monteregie and vice-president of communications for the Conseils regionaux en environnement du Quebec.

Richard Marois ran as the New Democratic Party candidate in the 2008 Canadian federal election in Saint-Lambert and finished in fourth with 6,280 votes (14.5%). At the following convention of the Quebec section of the NPD, he's been elected organisation director.

As president of the Conseil regional de l'environnement, he became prominent when the Iles de Boucherville were slated for condominium development. He led the charge to stop this development and was able to add the targeted land, next to the Iles-de-Boucherville National Park, in a land reserve for environmental protection.

An important issue in his campaign is the improvement of public transit to the South Shore. He has also criticized plans to put in tolls on bridges connecting the South Shore to downtown Montreal, as has been supported by the Bloc Quebecois' candidate.