Brian Boudreau

Brian Vincent Boudreau (born July 19, 1954) is a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Cape Breton The Lakes in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1999 to 2003. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.[1]

Brian Boudreau
MLA for Cape Breton The Lakes
In office
1993–1998
Preceded byHelen MacDonald
Succeeded byriding dissolved
Personal details
Born (1954-07-19) July 19, 1954
Bras d'Or, Nova Scotia
Political partyLiberal (1999–2003)
Independent (2003)

Early life and municipal politics

Born in 1954 at Bras d'Or, Nova Scotia, Boudreau served as a municipal councilor in Cape Breton County.[2] In 1995, following municipal amalgamation, Boudreau was elected to council for the newly formed Cape Breton Regional Municipality,[3] where he served as deputy mayor.[2]

Provincial politics

Boudreau entered provincial politics in the 1999 election, defeating New Democrat incumbent Helen MacDonald by 101 votes in the Cape Breton The Lakes riding.[4][5]

In 2002, Boudreau's riding was eliminated following redistribution and he announced his intention to seek the Liberal nomination in the new Victoria-The Lakes riding.[6] On March 29, 2003, Boudreau was defeated for the nomination by Victoria County Warden Gerald Sampson.[7][8] On April 2, Boudreau quit the Liberal caucus to sit as an independent.[9] On April 14, Boudreau announced that he would seek re-election in the 2003 election, running as an independent candidate in Victoria-The Lakes.[10][11] On election night, Sampson won the seat, defeating Progressive Conservative Keith Bain by 248 votes, with Boudreau finishing fourth.[12][13][14]

References
  1. "Electoral History for Victoria-The Lakes" (PDF). Nova Scotia Legislative Library. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
  2. "Liberal Caucus biography". Nova Scotia Liberal Caucus. Archived from the original on November 9, 2006. Retrieved 2015-04-15.
  3. "Coady wins Cape Breton vote: County warden first Mayor of regional municipality". The Chronicle Herald. May 15, 1995.
  4. "Election Returns, 1999 (Cape Breton The Lakes)" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 2015-04-15.
  5. "Boudreau pulls upset". Cape Breton Post. June 28, 1999.
  6. "MLA Boudreau will run in Victoria-The Lakes". Cape Breton Post. October 31, 2002.
  7. "Boudreau gets boot in new C.B. riding". The Chronicle Herald. March 31, 2003.
  8. "Sampson defeats MLA Boudreau to win Liberal nomination". Cape Breton Post. March 31, 2003.
  9. "Disgruntled Boudreau resigns from Grit caucus". The Chronicle Herald. April 3, 2003. Archived from the original on September 7, 2003. Retrieved 2015-04-15.
  10. "Boudreau to seek seat as Independent candidate". Cape Breton Post. April 15, 2003.
  11. "Boudreau to run as independent MLA". The Chronicle Herald. April 15, 2003. Archived from the original on November 17, 2003. Retrieved 2015-04-15.
  12. "Election Returns, 2003 (Victoria-The Lakes)" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 2015-04-15.
  13. "Sampson becomes first MLA for the new riding of Victoria-The Lakes". Cape Breton Post. August 6, 2003.
  14. "'The sun will come up tomorrow'". The Chronicle Herald. August 7, 2003. Archived from the original on January 24, 2005. Retrieved 2015-04-15.


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