Victor Boudreau was a member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 2004 to 2018, representing the ridings of Shediac-Cap-Pele and Shediac-Beaubassin-Cap-Pele for the New Brunswick Liberal Association, and was the Leader of the Opposition in the legislature.
10 Facts About Victor Boudreau
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In 2023, Boudreau was appointed as the chief administrative officer for the Town of Shediac.
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Victor Boudreau holds a Bachelor of Social Science from the Universite de Moncton.
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Victor Boudreau was recruited to the Liberal Party in 1989 by Dominic LeBlanc and he attended the 1990 federal Liberal leadership convention to support Jean Chretien.
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Chretien, who was then without a seat in the House of Commons of Canada, ran in a by-election in Victor Boudreau's riding of Beausejour.
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Victor Boudreau 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.
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Victor Boudreau was re-elected in 2006 and took on the role of finance minister in the cabinet of Shawn Graham.
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Victor Boudreau was given several additional responsibilities, both ministerial and non-ministerial.
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Victor Boudreau was named Minister of Health by Premier-elect Brian Gallant on 7 October 2014.
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Victor Boudreau 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.