Roger Melanson is a former
Canadian
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politician, who was elected to the
Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
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in the
2010 provincial election, and
Leader of the Opposition
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. He represented the electoral district of
Dieppe
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as a member of the
Liberals.
On October 7, 2014, Melanson was appointed to the
Executive Council of New Brunswick
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...
as Minister of Finance, and Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure.
On September 6, 2017, in a cabinet shuffle, Melanson was named Minister of Treasury Board and Post-Secondary Education. From October 5, 2018 to November 9, 2018 Melanson served as Minister of Energy and Resource Development. He was re-elected in the 2020 provincial election.
On September 28, 2020 he was chosen as interim leader of the opposition Liberal party of New Brunswick, replacing
Kevin Vickers
Kevin Michael Vickers (born September 29, 1956) is a Canadian politician, former diplomat, and retired police officer. He served as the leader of the New Brunswick Liberal Association from 2019 to 2020, a retired Canadian diplomat, former Serge ...
who had resigned following the provincial election of September 14.
He remained interim leader until August 2022, when
Susan Holt
Susan Holt is a Canadian politician, who has been the leader of the New Brunswick Liberal Association since August 6, 2022, leader of the Opposition since May 9, 2023, and MLA for Bathurst East-Nepisiguit-Saint-Isidore since April 24, 2023.
Holt ...
won a
party leadership election in which Melanson was not a candidate.
On October 13, 2022, Melanson announced that he would be departing from Provincial Politics after 12 years, on October 21, 2022.
[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/melanson-leaves-politics-for-private-sector-1.6615005/]
References
New Brunswick Liberal Association MLAs
Acadian people
Living people
Members of the Executive Council of New Brunswick
21st-century Canadian politicians
Finance ministers of New Brunswick
Year of birth missing (living people)
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