What is Fernand Robichaud?
'''Fernand Robichaud''' {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|PC}} (born December 2, 1939) is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] [[politician]]. He was a [[Member of Parliament]] (MP) in the [[House of Commons of Canada]] and a Senator in the [[Senate of Canada]]. When he was in the House of Commons, he represented the [[electoral district (Canada)|electoral area]] of [[Beauséjour (electoral district)|Beauséjour]]. When he was in the Senate, he represented [[Saint-Louis-de-Kent]], [[New Brunswick]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/eppp-archive/100/205/300/liberal-ef/05-05-18/www.liberal.ca/senatebio_e.aspx@site=senator&id=94|title=Honourable Fernand Robichaud|work=Liberal Party of Canada|publisher=[[Library and Archives Canada]]|access-date=May 11, 2020}}</ref> He was a member of the [[Liberal Party of Canada]]. Robichaud is most well known for helping the leader of the Liberal Party, [[Jean Chrétien]], in 1990. After Chrétien became leader of the party, he was not yet a member of the House of Commons. Usually, party leaders run in [[by-election]]s to get into the House of Commons, and represent the electoral area for a short time. Robichaud [[resignation|resign]]ed as an MP so that Chrétien could win a by-election. When there was an [[1993 Canadian federal election|election in 1993]], Chrétien moved back to representing an area in Quebec and let Robichaud run for election in Beauséjour again.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2018/08/08/jagmeet-singh-burnaby_a_23498574/|title=Jagmeet Singh Follows Path Of Other Leaders By Seeking Seat Far From Home|date=August 8, 2018|last=Maloney|first=Ryan|work=[[HuffPost]]|access-date=May 11, 2020}}</ref> Chrétien later recommended that Robichaud should become a member of the Senate.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/seven-things-to-know-about-canadas-newly-independent-senators|title=Seven things to know about Canada's newly independent senators|date=January 29, 2014|last=Hamilton|first=Graeme|work=[[National Post]]|access-date=May 1