A Quebec member of the legislature wants her riding named after former NHL great Maurice (Rocket) Richard.
Marie Montpetit is expected to file a motion in the national assembly on Thursday to have the Montreal riding of Cremazie eventually bear Richard’s name.
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Montpetit said the initiative follows moves by Richard’s family and a local minor hockey association the Montreal Canadiens legend helped found.
She said there is nothing in his longtime neighbourhood to remember him by.
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The riding is currently named after Octave Cremazie, a Quebec poet who was born in 1827 and died in France in 1879.
Cremazie also has a major thoroughfare and a subway station named after him in Montreal.