Raynald Blais Politician

Raynald Blais (born January 5, 1954 in Port-Daniel, Quebec) is a Canadian politician. He represented the district Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine in the Canadian House of Commons from 2004 to 2011 as a member of the Bloc Québécois. He was first elected in 2004, but ran in the Canadian federal election, 2000 in the riding of Bonaventure—Gaspé—Îles-de-la-Madeleine—Pabok and lost to Georges Farrah of the Liberal Party of Canada. Blais had 15,532 votes. Blais is a former journalist and political assistant.