Name Robert Toupin | ||
Political party Progressive Conservative (1984-1986)Independent (1986, 1987-1988)New Democratic Party (1986-1987) | ||
Ghislaine Paradis & Robert Toupin - Pitou - 1974
ROBERT TOUPIN - La terre est un village - 1977 - CAPITOL
Robert Toupin (born January 20, 1949 in L'Assomption, Quebec) is a former Canadian Member of Parliament.
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- Ghislaine Paradis Robert Toupin Pitou 1974
- ROBERT TOUPIN La terre est un village 1977 CAPITOL
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Toupin had been a worker for the Quebec Liberal Party when he joined the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada following Brian Mulroney's election as party leader. Toupin was a successful Tory candidate in Terrebonne riding in the 1984 federal election.
He was critical of the new government's policies and soon crossed the floor to sit as an Independent. He had attempted to join the Liberal Party of Canada but the Liberal riding association for the constituency he represented rejected him. He subsequently joined the New Democratic Party, becoming the first NDP Member of Parliament (MP) from a Quebec riding. However, he left the party after ten months to again sit as an Independent, after claiming that communists had infiltrated the party. He was then invited to join the Rhinoceros Party of Canada.
Toupin was defeated as an independent candidate in the 1988 federal election.