The Honourable Victor Boudreau MLA |
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Minister of Health | |
Assumed office October 7, 2014 |
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Premier | Brian Gallant |
Preceded by | Ted Flemming |
Leader of the Opposition | |
In office November 10, 2010 – April 30, 2013 |
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Premier | David Alward |
Preceded by | David Alward |
Succeeded by | Brian Gallant |
Minister of Finance | |
In office October 3, 2006 – June 22, 2009 |
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Premier | Shawn Graham |
Preceded by | Jeannot Volpé |
Succeeded by | Greg Byrne |
Member of the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly for Shediac-Beaubassin-Cap-Pelé Shediac-Cap-Pelé (2004-2014) |
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Assumed office October 4, 2004 |
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Preceded by | Bernard Richard |
Personal details | |
Born | May 3, 1970 |
Political party | Liberal |
Spouse(s) | Michelle Arsenault |
Victor E. Boudreau (born May 3, 1970) is a New Brunswick politician. He is the member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick for the riding of Shediac-Cap-Pelé for the New Brunswick Liberal Association and the Leader of the Opposition in the legislature.
Boudreau was recruited to the Liberal Party in 1989 by Dominic LeBlanc and he attended the 1990 federal Liberal leadership convention to support Jean Chrétien. Chrétien, who was then without a seat in the Canadian House of Commons, ran in a by-election in Boudreau's riding of Beauséjour.
Following this initial engagement, Boudreau became very active in politics. He served as president of the Young Liberals and then worked for Fernand Robichaud when he was a member of the Cabinet of Canada and for Bernard Richard—his predecessor as MLA for Shediac-Cap-Pelé—when he was in the New Brunswick cabinet
Prior to his election to the legislature, he worked as village administrator of Cap-Pelé.
He was elected to the legislature in a by-election on October 4, 2004 to replace Bernard Richard, who had resigned to become the provincial ombudsman. Boudreau role of Health & Wellness critic in the shadow cabinet shortly after his election.