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". 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.

Millette has a teaching certificate and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Université de Montréal and has worked as a teacher. During the 2005 municipal election, he said that he felt a calling to serve the public and would take no salary if elected. 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."

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.

+ 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

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