Raynald Blais (January 5, 1954 â September 26, 2023) was a Canadian politician who represented the district GaspésieâÂÂÃÂles-de-la-Madeleine in the House of Commons of Canada from 2004 to 2011 as a member of the Bloc Québécois.
Born in Port-Daniel, Quebec, he was first elected in 2004, but ran in the 2000 Canadian federal election in the riding of BonaventureâÂÂGaspéâÂÂÃÂles-de-la-MadeleineâÂÂPabok and lost to Georges Farrah of the Liberal Party of Canada. Blais had 15,532 votes. Blais was a former journalist and political assistant.
Blais died on September 26, 2023, at the age of 69.