Rick Laliberte
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| Rick Laliberte MP |
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| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Churchill River |
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| In office June 2, 1997 – June 28, 2004 |
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| Preceded by | riding created |
| Succeeded by | Jeremy Harrison |
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| Born | September 13, 1958 Île-à-la-Crosse, Saskatchewan |
| Political party | NDP (1997–2000) Liberal (2000–2004) Independent (2004) |
| Profession | School administrator |
Rick Laliberte (born September 13, 1958) is a former Canadian Member of Parliament for the riding of Churchill River, a riding that encompasses the northern half of the province of Saskatchewan.
Laliberte was born and raised in Beauval, Saskatchewan. He is Métis and is fluent in Michif. He was elected as a New Democratic Party candidate in the 1997 federal election, but crossed the floor on September 27, 2000, to join the Liberal Party of Canada.[1][2] He was re-elected as a Liberal party member in the 2000 federal election.[3] He then left the Liberal Party prior to the 2004 election and failed to win reelection as an independent, coming in fourth behind the NDP, Liberals and the winning Conservative, Jeremy Harrison.[4]
