Editing Fernand Robichaud

{{Short description|Canadian politician (born 1939)}}
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| name             = Fernand Robichaud
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| office           = [[Representative of the Government in the Senate|Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate]]
| primeminister    = [[Jean Chrétien]]<br />[[Paul Martin]]
| leader           = [[Sharon Carstairs]]<br />[[Jack Austin (politician)|Jack Austin]]
| term_start       = January 26, 2001
| term_end         = January 14, 2004
| predecessor      = [[Dan Hays]]
| successor        = [[Bill Rompkey]]
| office2              = [[Secretary of state (Canada)#Others|Secretary of State (Agriculture and Agri-Food, Fisheries and Oceans)]]
| primeminister2       = [[Jean Chrétien]]
| minister2            = [[Ralph Goodale]]<br />[[Brian Tobin]]<br />[[David Dingwall]] (acting)<br />[[Fred Mifflin]]
| term_start2          = September 15, 1994
| term_end2            = June 10, 1997
| predecessor2         = [[Gilbert Normand]]
| successor2           = ''Position abolished''
| office3              = [[Secretary of state (Canada)#Others|Secretary of State (Parliamentary Affairs)]]
| primeminister3       = [[Jean Chrétien]]
| minister3            = [[Herb Gray]]
| term_start3          = November 4, 1993
| term_end3            = September 14, 1994
| predecessor3         = ''Position established''
| successor3           = [[Alfonso Gagliano]]
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| term_start5         = September 22, 1997
| term_end5           = December 2, 2014
| nominator5          = [[Jean Chrétien]]
| appointer5          = [[Roméo LeBlanc]]
| predecessor5        = [[Joseph P. Landry]]
| successor5          = ''Multi-member district''
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| riding9            = [[Beauséjour (electoral district)|Beauséjour]]<br />{{small|([[Beauséjour (electoral district)#Political geography|Westmorland—Kent]]; 1984–1988)}}
| term_start9        = October 25, 1993
| term_end9          = June 2, 1997
| predecessor9       = [[Jean Chrétien]]
| successor9         = [[Angela Vautour]] {{small|([[Beauséjour (electoral district)#Political geography|Beauséjour—Petitcodiac]])}}
| term_start10       = November 21, 1988
| term_end10         = September 24, 1990
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| successor10        = Jean Chrétien{{Collapsed infobox section end}}}}
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| birth_place      = [[Shippagan]], [[New Brunswick]], Canada
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'''Fernand Robichaud''' {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|PC}} (born December 2, 1939) is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] politician.

He was born in [[Shippagan]], [[New Brunswick]], and received a teaching certificate from the Moncton Technical Institute. Before entering politics, Robichaud was a teacher and businessman. He served on the municipal council for [[Saint-Louis-de-Kent, New Brunswick|Saint-Louis-de-Kent]] from 1971 to 1974.

Robichaud was first elected to the [[House of Commons of Canada]] in the [[1984 Canadian federal election|1984 election]] representing the [[electoral district (Canada)|riding]] of [[Westmorland—Kent]], New Brunswick.

In the [[1988 Canadian federal election|1988 election]], he was re-elected representing [[Beauséjour (electoral district)|Beauséjour]].

In 1990, he resigned his seat in order to allow newly elected [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] leader [[Jean Chrétien]] to enter the House of Commons through a [[1990 Beauséjour federal by-election|by-election]].

Robichaud served as Special Assistant to the [[Leader of the Official Opposition (Canada)|Leader of the Opposition]] until returning to the House in the [[1993 Canadian federal election|1993 election]]. With the election of Chrétien as [[Prime Minister of Canada|Prime Minister]], Robichaud became [[Secretary of State (Canada)|Secretary of State]] for Parliamentary Affairs. In 1994, he was appointed Secretary of State for Agriculture and Agri-Food, Fisheries, and Oceans.

Robichaud did not run in the [[1997 Canadian federal election|1997 election]] and was appointed on Chrétien's recommendation to the [[Senate of Canada]] on September 23, 1997.

From 2001 to 2004, he was deputy government leader in the Senate. He later served as vice-chair of the [[Senate Standing Committee on Agriculture and Forestry]].

On January 29, 2014, Liberal Party leader [[Justin Trudeau]] announced all Liberal Senators, including Robichaud, were removed from the Liberal caucus, and would continue sitting as Independents.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/justin-trudeau-removes-senators-from-liberal-caucus-1.2515273 |accessdate=11 December 2021 |title=Justin Trudeau removes senators from Liberal caucus | website=CBC | date=January 29, 2014  }}</ref> The Senators referred to themselves as the [[Senate Liberal Caucus]] even though they were no longer members of the parliamentary Liberal caucus.<ref name=expuls>{{cite news|title=Trudeau's expulsion catches Liberal senators by surprise|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/trudeau-to-boot-senators-from-liberal-caucus-in-bid-to-restore-senate-independence/article16567413/|access-date=January 29, 2014|newspaper=Globe and Mail|date=January 29, 2014}}</ref>

He retired from the Senate on December 2, 2014, upon reaching the mandatory retirement age of 75.

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==External links==
* {{Canadian Parliament links|ID=4533}}

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