Guy H. Arseneault (born 11 May 1952 in
Dalhousie, New Brunswick) was a member of the
House of Commons of Canada
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from 1988 to 1997. He was a
teacher by career.
Politics
Arseneault won election for the
Liberal party in the
1988
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and
1993 federal elections. His
riding was the
Restigouche electoral district, renamed in 1989 to Restigouche-Chaleur. Arseneault therefore served in the
34th and
35th Canadian Parliament
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s.
For the
1997 federal election, the ridings were restructured, and this time Arseneault campaigned at the
Madawaska—Restigouche
Madawaska—Restigouche is a federal electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1997. Its population in 2001 was 65,877.
Political geography
The district includes all of the ...
electoral district. However,
Progressive Conservative candidate
Jean F. Dubé
Jean F. Dubé (born 29 June 1962, in Campbellton, New Brunswick) was a Progressive Conservative member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2000.
A career businessman, he is the son of Fernand Dubé who served for thirteen years in ...
won the riding. Arseneault left federal politics after this defeat.
On 9 June 2018, Arseneault became the official Liberal candidate for the 2018 New Brunswick provincial election held on 24 September in the riding of
Campbellton-Dalhousie, which he won. He was re-elected in the
2020 provincial election.
Electoral record
Campbellton-Dalhousie
Madawaska-Restigouche
Restigouche-Chaleur
Restigouche
References
External links
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1952 births
Living people
Liberal Party of Canada MPs
Members of the House of Commons of Canada from New Brunswick
New Brunswick Liberal Association MLAs
People from Restigouche County, New Brunswick
Canadian educators
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