MONTREAL — Until last Tuesday, Richmond-Arthabaska MP Alain Rayes was one of the Conservative party’s best-known and most influential members in Quebec.
Before spending the past six months in a leading role in Jean Charest’s leadership campaign, he had twice served as Quebec lieutenant, first for Andrew Scheer and more recently for Erin O’Toole.
In the last three elections, he bucked the Quebec trend by winning a riding that boasted little previous conservative history.
