Gertrude Ann Breault (December 15, 1938 – September 26, 2021) was a teacher, nurse, journalist, and politician in

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, Canada. Known by "Ann," she represented St. Stephen-Milltown and then Western Charlotte in the

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from 1987 to 1999 as a Liberal member. Breault served in the province's Executive Council as Minister of Income Assistance (later Minister of Human Resources), Minister of State for Literacy, Minister of Municipalities, Culture and Housing and Minister of Health and Community Services. Breault retired from politics in 1999. She helped found the Fundy Region Transition House and the Charlotte County Day Care Centre. Ann Breault was a mother of six, and has several grandchildren.

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List of Women MLAs, New Brunswick Legislative Library

Entry from Canadian Who's Who
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