Donald Arseneault (born in

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) is a

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. He is the former Liberal member of the

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for the riding of

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. At the time one of the youngest members of the legislature, Arseneault worked in the

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before being elected in the

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. He was named to the

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shadow cabinet following the election as critic for both the Office of Human Resources and the Department of Intergovernmental and International Relations. He was elected caucus chair in 2004 and was shuffled to be critic for tourism in early 2005. He was re-elected in 2006 and his party formed the government and he became Minister of Natural Resources. He also chairs a cabinet committee on forestry issues consisting of fellow ministers

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and Jack Keir. On 12 November 2008, he became minister of post-secondary education, training and labour. In the

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government, which won the

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, he was named the Minister of Energy and Mines.cbc.ca: "Fracking commission appointed to study shale gas conditions"
24 Mar 2015 After being shuffled out of Cabinet on September 5, 2017, Arseneault came under fire a month later when he accepted the government relations manager for Canada's Building Trades Unions and announced he would simultaneously hold his seat as a Member of the Legislative Assembly. Although he was cleared by Integrity commissioner Alexandre Deschênes, who warned him that while there were things he should avoid doing whilst holding the job, nothing in the law prevented him from taking it. As a result of the controversy and given an ultimatum by Premier Brian Gallant, Arseneault announced he would resign as an MLA, effective November 30, 2017. Aresenault served as campaign manager to

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' Liberal campaign during the 2020 General election. Vickers resigned after the Liberals were reduced to 17 seats from 20. Subsequently he announced on the 28th of October, 2021 that he was going to enter the 2022 Liberal Leadership Election to succeed Vickers.Onetime Liberal cabinet minister hits comeback trail with bid for party leadership
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Sources

* Derwin Gowan, ''Cabinet committee will tackle forestry issues'',

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. Page A2, October 12, 2006.

References

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