{{Short description|Canadian politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = | | name = Roger Duguay | caption=Roger Duguay in May 2010 | alma_mater= Bachelor of Arts Université de Moncton, Masters of Theology Université de Moncton | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|09|19}} | birth_place = Maltempec, New Brunswick | office1 = Leader of the New Brunswick New Democratic Party | term_start1 = October 13, 2007 | term_end1 = October 25, 2010 | predecessor1 = Pat Hanratty (interim) | successor1 = Jesse Travis (interim) | party = New Brunswick New Democratic Party | occupation = Priest, teacher | module = {{Infobox religious biography | embed = yes | religion = Christianity | denomination = Roman Catholicism }} }}
'''Roger Duguay''' is a former Canadian politician and Roman Catholic priest. He sought election to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick unsuccessfully on four occasions as a representative of the New Brunswick New Democratic Party (NDP). He served as the New Brunswick NDP's leader from 2007 to 2010.
==Political career== Duguay has been a candidate for the NB New Democratic Party on three previous occasions, dating back to the 1991 election.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/search/article/781329 |title=NDP leader gets boost from latest poll results |work=Telegraph Journal |date=September 4, 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001192019/http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/search/article/781329 |archivedate=October 1, 2011 }}</ref>
In 1999, he ran in the riding of Centre-Péninsule. As a result, he was suspended from his position as a pastor with the Catholic Church for breaking the Diocese's policy on political activity.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/priest-suspended-for-entering-politics-1.171188|title=Priest suspended for entering politics|work=CBC News|date=May 18, 1999|accessdate=2015-05-05}}</ref> Although he was reinstated after the election, he later left the church voluntarily in order to continue his political career.
In the 2006 election, Duguay was the party's most successful candidate, winning 26.1 per cent of the vote in the riding of Miramichi Bay-Neguac. This result led to his successful nomination for the party leadership on October 13, 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/former-priest-takes-reins-of-n-b-s-ndp-1.633778|title=Former priest takes reins of N.B.'s NDP|work=CBC News|date=October 15, 2007|accessdate=2015-05-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20071013.wndpwin1013/BNStory/National/home|title=Former Catholic priest wins leadership of New Brunswick's NDP|work=The Globe and Mail|date=October 13, 2007}} {{Dead link|date=May 2015}}</ref>
In May 2009, the party announced that Duguay would seek the nomination in Tracadie-Sheila.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/ndp-leader-to-run-in-tracadie-sheila-1.783068|title=NDP leader to run in Tracadie-Sheila|work=CBC News|date=May 14, 2009|accessdate=2015-05-05}}</ref>
A Corporate Research Associates poll conducted in June 2009 showed an improvement for the NDP from 13 to 16 percent of decided voters, while a subsequent poll conducted in September 2009 showed a jump to 22 percent. In addition, Duguay's personal popularity rating doubled from 6% to 12% in that three-month period.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/front/article/780426 |title=NDP support breaks record |work=The Daily Gleaner |date=September 3, 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716094313/http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/front/article/780426 |archivedate=July 16, 2011 }}</ref>
Duguay received a 100% vote of confidence in his leadership from the near-100 delegates in attendance for the New Brunswick NDP Biennial Convention, held October 17, 2009.
He stepped down as leader on October 25, 2010 after failing to win a seat in the 2010 general election.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/n-b-ndp-leader-resigns-1.874217|title=N.B. NDP Leader resigns|work=CBC News|date=October 25, 2010|accessdate=2015-05-05}}</ref> On November 2, 2010, Duguay further announced that he would be leaving the NDP altogether because of what he called "feuding" between party members and "outsiders" who had been brought in to run the election campaign.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/duguay-to-leave-ndp-1.964334|title=Duguay to leave NDP|work=CBC News|date=November 2, 2010|accessdate=2015-05-05}}</ref>
Duguay was a 2018 Quebec general election candidate for the New Democratic Party of Quebec in the Quebec City provincial electoral district of Taschereau.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lenpdq.org/roger_duguay |title=Roger Duguay - Nouveau Parti démocratique du Québec (NPDQ) |website=www.lenpdq.org |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180923052247/https://www.lenpdq.org/roger_duguay |archive-date=2018-09-23}} </ref>
==Electoral history==
{{Election box begin no change | title=1991 New Brunswick general election: Caraquet}} |- {{Canadian party colour|NB|Liberal|row}} |Liberal |Bernard Thériault |5,298 |54.4 |- {{Canadian party colour|NB|PC|row}} |Progressive Conservative |Gilbert Godin |2,279 |23.4 |- {{Canadian party colour|NB|NDP|row}} |New Democrat |'''Roger Duguay''' |2,167 |22.2{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change | title=1999 New Brunswick general election: Centre-Péninsule}} |- {{Canadian party colour|NB|PC|row}} |Progressive Conservative |Louis-Philippe McGraw |3,551 |51.8 |- {{Canadian party colour|NB|Liberal|row}} |Liberal |Denis Landry |2,344 |34.2 |- {{Canadian party colour|NB|NDP|row}} |New Democrat |'''Roger Duguay''' |955 |13.9{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change | title=2006 New Brunswick general election: Miramichi Bay-Neguac}} |- {{Canadian party colour|NB|Liberal|row}} |Liberal |Carmel Robichaud |3,108 |45.3 |- {{Canadian party colour|NB|PC|row}} |Progressive Conservative |Guy Vautour |1,963 |28.6 |- {{Canadian party colour|NB|NDP|row}} |New Democrat |'''Roger Duguay''' |1,784 |26.0{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change | title=2007 New Brunswick New Democratic Party leadership election}} |- {{Canadian party colour|NB|NDP|row}} |New Democrat |'''Roger Duguay''' |>371* |>50* |- {{Canadian party colour|NB|NDP|row}} |New Democrat |Dennis Atchison |<371* |<50*{{Election box end}} <small><nowiki>*</nowiki>The NDP did not release the vote totals of individual candidates, but there were 742 votes cast and Duguay was the winner.</small>
{{Election box begin no change | title=2010 New Brunswick general election: Tracadie-Sheila}} |- {{Canadian party colour|NB|PC|row}} |Progressive Conservative |Claude Landry |3,806 |48.8 |- {{Canadian party colour|NB|NDP|row}} |New Democrat |'''Roger Duguay''' |2,511 |32.2 |- {{Canadian party colour|NB|Liberal|row}} |Liberal |Norma McGraw |1,478 |19.0{{Election box end}}
{{2018 Quebec general election/Taschereau}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{New Brunswick NDP Leaders}}
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