[1] He worked as a lawyer before entering political life, and was active in the Association des Jeunes Adultes Franco Ontariens.
[2] Roy's election was one of the few significant gains for the Liberals in this campaign, as the party finished a distant second in the legislature against the governing Progressive Conservatives of William Davis.
[3] Liberal leader Robert Nixon resigned soon after this election, and Roy entered the race to succeed him.
His defeat marked only the second time in one hundred years that the riding of Ottawa—Carleton elected a Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament.
[6] Roy returned to his legal practice after this loss, and served as chair of the Ottawa-Carleton French Language Association Advisory Committee in 1985 and 1986.