Paul Robichaud (born May 6, 1964 in

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) is a

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in the

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. He studied at the Shippagan, New Brunswick campus of the University of Moncton. A member of the Progressive Conservative Party since 1985, he first ran for office in the

1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...

but was defeated. He served from then until the next election as a

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organizer for the PC Party and ran again in

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when he was successful becoming the member of the

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for Lamèque-Shippagan-Miscou. He was re-elected in

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and

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. He joined the cabinet first as Minister of Fisheries & Aquaculture and then became minister of the enlarged Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Aquaculture. In a

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in 2001 he became Minister of Tourism & Parks a post he maintained until after the 2003 election when he took over the post of transportation. He left the cabinet in 2006 as the Liberals won that year's election and formed the government.

References

MLA Bios, Government of New Brunswick
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