14 Facts About Fabien Roy

Fabien Roy was born in Saint-Prosper, Quebec, the son of Anna-Marie and Fridolin Fabien Roy, an accountant.

Fabien Roy studied accounting, sales management, and human resources in the Saint-Georges seminary, and commercial law, political economy and business administration at Universite Laval.

Fabien Roy was an accountant for the Saint-Prosper agricultural co-operative from 1945 to 1949, and secretary of the Federation of Co-operative Trucking from 1949 to 1952, and for the Sherbrooke district from 1952 to 1953.

Fabien Roy founded the F Roy Transports trucking company, which he ran from 1953 to 1962.

Fabien Roy was elected to the Quebec National Assembly for Beauce riding in 1970, and held the post of chief whip of the Ralliement creditiste du Quebec caucus from 1970 to 1972.

Fabien Roy was president of the party from 1973 to 1974, but was expelled on November 3,1975.

Fabien Roy founded the Parti national populaire with former Liberal cabinet minister Jerome Choquette on December 14,1975, and was re-elected in the 1976 provincial election as the only PNP Member of the National Assembly.

Fabien Roy was appointed leader of the federal Social Credit Party of Canada on March 30,1979, and resigned his National Assembly seat on April 5,1979.

Fabien Roy refused to recognize the Socreds as an official party or form a coalition with them.

Fabien Roy sought to return to the House of Commons in the by-election, but lost to the Liberal candidate.

Fabien Roy returned to business and community involvement, serving as director of Geoffrion Leclerc from 1981 to 1988, director of a community college from 1984 to 1985, member of the Beauce economic council from 1981, as well as participating in Rotary Club activities and local celebrations.

Fabien Roy sat on the consultation committee of the Marius-Barbeau Museum.

In 1989, Fabien Roy became the founding president of the Village des defricheurs of Saint-Prosper.

Fabien Roy died in Saint-Georges, Quebec, on October 31,2023, at the age of 95.