Régent Millette

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]

Régent Millette
Personal details
Born(1935-09-14)September 14, 1935
Died21 August 2013(2013-08-21) (aged 77)
Saint-Charles-Borromée
Political partyIndependent
Other political
affiliations		Parti république du Québec, Parti démocratie chrétienne
SpouseClaire Séguin
ProfessionTeacher

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

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
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

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

References
  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.
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