The Honourable Serge Rousselle MLA |
|
---|---|
Attorney General of New Brunswick | |
Assumed office October 7, 2014 |
|
Premier | Brian Gallant |
Preceded by | Ted Flemming |
Minister of Education | |
Assumed office October 7, 2014 |
|
Premier | Brian Gallant |
Preceded by | Marie-Claude Blais |
Member of the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly for Tracadie-Sheila |
|
Assumed office September 22, 2014 |
|
Preceded by | Claude Landry |
Personal details | |
Political party | Liberal |
Serge Rousselle is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the 2014 provincial election. He represents the electoral district of Tracadie-Sheila as a member of the Liberal Party.
On October 7, 2014, Rousselle was appointed to the Executive Council of New Brunswick as Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development, and Attorney General.
He holds undergraduate degrees in political science and law from the University of Ottawa as well as a Master of Law from the University of Cambridge and a Doctor of Law from McGill University. After being abroad for his studies, he returned to Tracadie, New Brunswick, and was a professor at the Université de Moncton law faculty from 1992 to 2014. He served as dean from 2000 to 2004.
Mr. Rousselle has also held various positions in organizations at the provincial, federal, and international level. Among other positions, he was head of the Bureau des Amériques of the Agence universitaire de la Francophonie, was President of the Council of Canadian Law Deans as well as President of the Association des juristes d’expression française du Nouveau-Brunswick.
Serge Rousselle is the co-author of the book entitled "Éducation et droits collectifs : au-delà de l'article 23 de la Charte" (2003, Editions de la francophonie), which was awarded the 2003 France-Acadie award.