Rosaire L'Italien

Rosaire L'Italien is the interim leader of the New Brunswick New Democratic Party. Previously, he had been a journalist for Radio-Canada for 42 years, covering Acadia and Atlantic Canada before retiring in 2015. In the 2015 federal election he was the New Democratic Party's candidate in Madawaska—Restigouche where he placed second, ahead of incumbent Conservative MP Bernard Valcourt. On January 9, 2017, he was appointed interim leader of the provincial party by the party's executive following the resignation of Dominic Cardy.