Raynald Blais | |
Riding: | Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine |
Parliament: | Canadian |
Term Start: | June 28, 2004 |
Term End: | May 2, 2011 |
Predecessor: | Georges Farrah |
Successor: | Philip Toone |
Birth Date: | 5 January 1954 |
Birth Place: | Port-Daniel, Quebec, Canada |
Party: | Bloc Québécois |
Residence: | Port-Daniel |
Profession: | Journalist, political assistant |
Raynald Blais (January 5, 1954 – September 26, 2023) was a Canadian politician who represented the district Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine in the House of Commons of Canada from 2004 to 2011 as a member of the Bloc Québécois.
Born in Port-Daniel, Quebec, he was first elected in 2004, but ran in the 2000 Canadian federal election in the riding of Bonaventure—Gaspé—Îles-de-la-Madeleine—Pabok and lost to Georges Farrah of the Liberal Party of Canada. Blais had 15,532 votes. Blais was a former journalist and political assistant.
Blais died on September 26, 2023, at the age of 69.[1]