# Albert Roy

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**Albert J. Roy** (born February 23, 1939) is a jurist and former politician in [Ontario](/source/Ontario), Canada. He served in the [Legislative Assembly of Ontario](/source/Legislative_Assembly_of_Ontario) from 1971 to 1984 as a member of the [Ontario Liberal Party](/source/Ontario_Liberal_Party).

## Background

Roy was born in [Saskatchewan](/source/Saskatchewan) and educated at the [University of Ottawa](/source/University_of_Ottawa). He was called to the bar in 1965.[1] He worked as a lawyer before entering political life, and was active in the Association des Jeunes Adultes Franco Ontariens.

## Politics

He was elected to the Ontario legislature in the [1971 provincial election](/source/1971_Ontario_general_election), defeating [Progressive Conservative](/source/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Ontario) incumbent [Jules Morin](/source/Jules_Morin) by 5,127 votes in [Ottawa East](/source/Ottawa%E2%80%94Vanier_(provincial_electoral_district)).[2] Roy's election was one of the few significant gains for the Liberals in this campaign, as the party finished a distant second in the legislature against the governing Progressive Conservatives of [William Davis](/source/Bill_Davis).

Roy was re-elected with an increased majority in the [1975 election](/source/1975_Ontario_general_election), in which the Progressive Conservatives were brought down to a [minority government](/source/Minority_government).[3] Liberal leader [Robert Nixon](/source/Robert_Nixon_(politician)) resigned soon after this election, and Roy entered the race to succeed him. He finished third at the party's 1976 [leadership convention](/source/1976_Ontario_Liberal_Party_leadership_election), behind [Stuart Smith](/source/Stuart_Lyon_Smith) and [David Peterson](/source/David_Peterson).

He was re-elected in [1977](/source/1977_Ontario_general_election),[4] and [1981](/source/1981_Ontario_general_election).[5] He continued to serve in the legislature until he resigned to run in the [1984 federal election](/source/1984_Canadian_federal_election). Roy contested [Ottawa—Carleton](/source/Ottawa%E2%80%94Carleton_(electoral_district)) for the [Liberal Party of Canada](/source/Liberal_Party_of_Canada), and lost to [Barry Turner](/source/Barry_Turner_(politician)) of the [Progressive Conservative Party](/source/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Canada) by 3,946 votes. His defeat marked only the second time in one hundred years that the [riding](/source/Electoral_district_(Canada)) of Ottawa—Carleton elected a Progressive Conservative [Member of Parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament).[6]

## Later life

Roy returned to his legal practice after this loss, and served as chair of the Ottawa-Carleton French Language Association Advisory Committee in 1985 and 1986. He was appointed to the Ontario [Superior Court](/source/Ontario_Superior_Court_of_Justice) in 1995. He retired in 2014.[1] He is active in the Ottawa Dispute Resolution Group.[7]

## References

1. ["Congratulations to the Honourable Albert Roy ('65) on his Retirement"](https://web.archive.org/web/20141219072050/http://www.commonlaw.uottawa.ca/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=11211&Itemid=544). University of Ottawa. 2014. Archived from [the original](http://www.commonlaw.uottawa.ca/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=11211&Itemid=544) on 2014-12-19.

1. "Riding-by-riding returns in provincial election". *The Globe and Mail*. October 23, 1971. p. 10.

1. "Table of vote results for all Ontario ridings". *The Globe and Mail*. September 19, 1975. p. C12.

1. "Ontario provincial election results riding by riding". *The Globe and Mail*. June 10, 1977. p. D9.

1. Canadian Press (March 20, 1981). ["Winds of change, sea of security"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0NtYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QlIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1444%2C1388326). *The Windsor Star*. p. 22.

1. "How Canada voted". *The Globe and Mail*. September 5, 1984. pp. 14–15.

1. ["The Honourable Albert Roy, J.D., Q.C"](https://www.odrg.net/roy.html). Ottawa Dispute Resolution Group. 2014.

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