Roch La Salle (born August 6, 1929) is a former Canadian politician. August 6 is the 218th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (219th in leap years), with 147 days remaining. ... 1929 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Canada is a sovereign state in northern North America, the northern-most country in the world, and the second largest in total area. ...

La Salle had had a career in public relations and sales when he first attempted to win a seat in the Canadian House of Commons as a Progressive Conservative in the 1965 federal election. He was defeated, but won on his next attempt in Joliette in the 1968 election. He was one of only a handful of Quebec Tory Memebers of Parliament in that Parliament. A white Seat 600 SEAT is one of the leading car makers in Spain. ... The interior of the House of Commons chamber, also called the Green Chamber The House of Commons (in French, la Chambre des communes) is the directly elected lower house of the Parliament of Canada which sits in the nations capital of Ottawa, Ontario. ... The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada (PC) was a Canadian centre-right conservative political party that existed from 1867 to 2003. ... In the Canadian federal election of 1965, the Liberal Party of Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson was re-elected with a larger number of seats in the Canadian House of Commons. ... The Joliette riding consists of: the Regional County Municipality of Matawinie, including Communauté Atikamekw de Manawan indian reserve the Regional County Municipality of Joliette. ... In the Canadian federal election of June 25, 1968, the Liberal Party won a majority government under its new leader, Pierre Trudeau. ... This article describes the Canadian province. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ...

La Salle quit the party in 1971 to protest its failure to recognize Quebec's right to self-determination. He was re-elected as an independent candidate in the 1972 election with the support of the separatist Parti Quebecois. He returned to the Tory caucus in early 1974. 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... The House of Commons after the 1972 election The Canadian federal election of 1972 was held on October 30, 1972 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons. ... Quebec The Quebec sovereignty movement is a movement calling for the attainment of sovereignty for Quebec, a province of the country of Canada. ... The Parti Québécois or PQ is a left wing political party that advocates national sovereignty for Quebec from Canada. ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ...

He was one of only two Tory MPs elected from Quebec in the 1979 election that brought the Conservatives to power under Joe Clark. La Salle served as Minister of Supply and Services in the short-lived (1979-80) Clark government. The House of Commons after the 1979 election The Canadian federal election of 1979 was held on May 22, 1979 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons. ... The Right Honourable Charles Joseph Clark, PC,CC (born June 5, 1939) was the sixteenth prime minister of Canada from June 4, 1979, to March 2, 1980, and a prominent Canadian politician until his retirement in 2004. ...

La Salle was the only Quebec Tory MP returned in the 1980 election. In early 1981, he resigned his seat in order to move to provincial politics and take the leadership of the Union Nationale party. The UN had failed to win any seats in the 1981 Quebec election. La Salle had not run in his home town of Joliette because of his friendship with the incumbent Member of the National Assembly. He did not win the neighbouring riding in which he ran. He returned to the federal House of Commons in a by-election that was called later that year to fill the vacancy his resignation had created. The House of Commons after the 1980 election The 1980 Canadian federal election was called when the minority Progressive Conservative government led by Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. ... Union Nationale logo. ... In the Quebec general election on April 13, 1981, the incumbent Parti Québécois under René Lévesque won re-election, defeating the Quebec Liberal Party under Claude Ryan. ... A by-election or bye-election is a special election held to fill a political office when the incumbent has died or resigned. ...

When the Tories again formed government after the 1984 election, this time under Brian Mulroney, La Salle became Minister of Public Works. He was forced to leave Cabinet in 1987 when he was charged with accepting a bribe and influence peddling. He denied any wrongdoing, but did not run in the 1988 election. The criminal case against him was eventually dropped. The 1984 Canadian federal election was called on July 4, 1984, and held on September 4 of that year. ... The Right Honourable Martin Brian Mulroney, PC, CC (born March 20, 1939), was the eighteenth Prime Minister of Canada from September 17, 1984, to June 25, 1993. ... The position of Minister of Public Works existed as part of the Cabinet of Canada from Confederation to 1995. ... The Cabinet of Canada plays an important role in the Canadian government in accordance with the Westminster System. ... 1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Bribery is the practice of offering a professional money or other favours in order to circumvent ethics in a variety of professions. ... Influence peddling is the practice of using ones influence with persons in authority to obtain favors or preferential treatment for another, usually in return for payment. ... Map of the Popular Vote with bar graphs showing seat totals in the provinces and territories The Canadian Parliament after the 1988 election The 1988 Canadian federal election was an election largely fought on a single issue: the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement. ...