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Brian Vincent Boudreau (July 19, 1954 – October 12, 2021) was a Canadian politician. He represented the
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of Cape Breton The Lakes in the
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from 1999 to 2003. He was a member of the
Nova Scotia Liberal Party The Nova Scotia Liberal Party (officially the Liberal Association of Nova Scotia) is a Centrist politics, centrist provincial political party in Nova Scotia, Canada and the provincial section of the Liberal Party of Canada. The party currently hol ...
.


Early life and municipal politics

Born in 1954 at
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, Boudreau served as a municipal councilor in Cape Breton County. In 1995, following municipal amalgamation, Boudreau was elected to
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for the newly formed
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, where he served as deputy mayor.


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. 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 Victoria—The Lakes is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. Its Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) since the 2017 election has been Keith Bain of the Progress ...
riding. On March 29, 2003, Boudreau was defeated for the nomination by Victoria County Warden
Gerald Sampson Gerald E. Sampson is a Canadian businessman and politician. He represented the electoral district of Victoria-The Lakes in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 2003 to 2006. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party. Life and career A ...
. On April 2, Boudreau quit the Liberal caucus to sit as an independent. On April 14, Boudreau announced that he would seek re-election in the 2003 election, running as an independent candidate in Victoria-The Lakes. On election night, Sampson won the seat, defeating Progressive Conservative
Keith Bain Keith Leslie Bain (born October 24, 1952) is a Canadians, Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Victoria-The Lakes in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 2006 to 2013 as a member of the Progressive Conservative Associ ...
by 248 votes, with Boudreau finishing fourth. He died on October 12, 2021, at the age of 67.Brian Boudreau
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