Royal Galipeau was first elected to the House of Commons in 2006 to represent Ottawa–Orléans.  In October 2008, he was re-elected, the first Conservative MP in 136 years to win back-to-back elections in this constituency.  His family has been involved in community life and local politics for four generations. As such, he has inherited a genuine concern for public service and advocating for the betterment of his community.

As a child, Royal helped his uncle, Joseph-Édouard Galipeau – a Cumberland Township councillor – bale hay on his Mer Bleue Road farm, South of Innes Road.

Omer Lacasse Avenue is home to 25 family families in Queenswood Heights.  The late Mr. Lacasse also was a Cumberland Township Councillor, and Royal’s maternal grandfather.  Lamoureux Drive was named by Cumberland Council to honour Royal’s great-grandmother.

Mr. Galipeau was himself elected as a citywide councillor for Gloucester in 1982.  During his term of office, he was instrumental in launching the city’s first corporate strategic plan, which later was lauded by the province of Ontario as a model for other municipalities.

Another achievement of which he is proud is the designation more than 25 years ago of 200 hectares south of Innes Road as commercial and industrial land.  This was intended for “future” employment centres in Ottawa–Orléans.

Always active in the community, Mr. Galipeau was appointed in 2001 by the Council of the newly amalgamated city of Ottawa as trustee of the Ottawa Public Library, where he focused on the protection of children from Internet pornography on library computers.  This was a hard battle, but after two votes, he succeeded on April 30, 2003.  In 2004, he was the only trustee of the previous term to be reappointed by City Council.  Then, he was twice elected as vice-chair of the Board.

He also championed the opening of the School of Information Studies at the University of Ottawa – a first in 35 years!

In addition, he has served seven years on the Ottawa–Carleton Regional District Health Council, helping prepare with Mr. Justice Jean-Pierre Beaulne a workable policy for the delivery of minority language health services in Ottawa.  He has also served two terms as a director of TVOntario, where he participated in the TFO implementation team.

Most recently, Mr. Galipeau has spent three years as a member of the East-West Light Rail Transit Corridor Environmental Assessment Committee.

In April 2006, he was elected as a deputy speaker of the House of Commons.  He was re-elected in October 2007, unopposed.  In the 39^th Parliament, he also served as Co-Chair of the Canada–Russia Parliamentary Group, a position that he shared with Russian parliamentarian (and hockey legend) Vladislav Tretiak.

In the 40^th Parliament, he was re-elected as Co-Chair of the Canada–Arab World Parliamentary Association.  He also is the Vice-Chair of the Senate and House of Commons Joint Committee on the Scrutiny of Regulations.

In Ottawa–Orléans, his focus remains the establishment of a technology transfer centre to generate economic spin-offs from the untapped intellectual property of the National Research Council.

A steadfast family man, Royal Galipeau has been married to Anne Pallascio for 36 years. They have four community-minded children, three sons and a daughter.