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Victor Boudreau
Canadian politician

Victor Boudreau

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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.

Biography

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 where he always balanced the budget and kept village councillors up to speed on all issues of the day.

Career as legislator

He was elected to the legislature in a by-election on October 4, 2004 to replace Richard, who had resigned to become the provincial ombudsman. Boudreau was a quick rising star in the Liberal caucus being named to the high-profile role of Health & Wellness critic in the shadow cabinet shortly after his election.

Graham ministry

He was re-elected in 2006 and took on the high-profile role of finance minister in the cabinet of Shawn Graham. Boudreau was given several additional responsibilities, both ministerial and non-ministerial.

Provincial Government of Shawn Graham
Cabinet Posts (3)
PredecessorOfficeSuccessor
Greg ByrneMinister of Business New Brunswick
2009–2010
Paul Robichaud
Jeannot VolpéMinister of Finance
2006–2009
Greg Byrne
Rose-May PoirierMinister of Local Government
2006–2007
Carmel Robichaud
Special Cabinet Responsibilities
PredecessorTitleSuccessor
Kirk MacDonaldMinister responsible for the Red tape Reduction
2006–
none
Roly MacIntyreMinister responsible for the Regional Development Corporation
2008–
Paul Robichaud
Greg ByrneMinister responsible for Communications New Brunswick
2009–
Margaret-Ann Blaney
Greg ByrneMinister responsible for Service New Brunswick
2009–
Bruce Fitch
Greg ByrneMinister responsible for the
Population Growth Secretariat

2009–2010
Donald Arseneault

Back in opposition

Following the party's defeat in the 2010 election, Boudreau was named interim leader of the party on November 10, 2010 after Graham stepped down. Brian Gallant was elected leader of the party on October 27, 2012, and assumed the role of opposition leader when he won the district of Kent in a by-election on April 15, 2013.

Gallant ministry

He was named Minister of Health by Premier-elect Brian Gallant on 7 October 2014. He chaired the Strategic Program Review, which was designed to solve a large gap, between $485 million and $600 million in the account books of the province.

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