Jean Robert Roy (12 November 1923 – 28 December 1996) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada.
He was born in Timmins, Ontario and became a businessman, contractor and quantity surveyor by career.
Roy, a Franco-Ontarian, studied at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario before working in accounting, then in the construction industry.
[1][2] During a House of Commons session during the 1970 October Crisis, Roy excoriated NDP members who opposed the proclamation of the War Measures Act in response to terrorist actions in Quebec.
Roy died suddenly at his home in Timmins on 28 December 1996, leaving a daughter, a son and his wife Georgette Clément (m.