Don Boudria
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The Honourable Don Boudria PC |
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| MPP for Prescott and Russell | |
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In office 1981–1984 |
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| Preceded by | Joseph Albert Bélanger |
| Succeeded by | Jean Poirier |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Glengarry—Prescott—Russell |
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In office 1984–2006 |
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| Preceded by | Denis Éthier |
| Succeeded by | Pierre Lemieux |
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August 30, 1949 Hull, Quebec |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Residence | Sarsfield, Ontario |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Donald "Don" Boudria, PC (born August 30, 1949) is a former Canadian politician. He served in the Canadian House of Commons from 1984 to 2005 as a member of the Liberal Party of Canada, and was a cabinet minister in the government of Jean Chrétien.
Boudria was born in Hull, Quebec, raised in Sarsfield, Ontario, and educated in the area, and was a public servant before entering political life. A Franco-Ontarian, he was elected as a councillor in Cumberland Township in 1976, and remained a council member until his election to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 1981 provincial election. Boudria defeated Progressive Conservative incumbent Joseph Albert Bélanger by 5,172 votes in Prescott and Russell, and served in the legislature for three years as a member the Ontario Liberal Party, which was then the official opposition to the Progressive Conservative government of William Davis.
He left provincial politics to run for the House of Commons in the 1984 federal election. Boudria won a convincing victory in Ontario's easternmost riding, Glengarry-Prescott-Russell, even as his party suffered a landslide defeat against Brian Mulroney's Progressive Conservatives. Joining the opposition benches of the Commons in 1984, he became a member of the Liberal Rat Pack with Brian Tobin, Sheila Copps and John Nunziata. This group of young Liberals made it their business to harass the Tories at every possible turn.
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