Richard Michael Doucet (born in

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) is a

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businessman and politician who has represented since 2003 the riding of Fundy-The Isles-Saint John West in the

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Family

Doucet lives in St. George, with his wife and two children, Nicole and Jonathan.

Career

Doucet has had a varied career working in the air industry both as a marketing and sales official with a

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and later as a cargo pilot. He started his own series of businesses in 1989 working simultaneously in the restaurant, photography, and advertising industries. A Liberal, he was a member of the

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shadow cabinet. He was critic for the

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from his first election in June 2003 until becoming critic for Fisheries & Aquaculture in February 2005. Doucet received favourable media attention when shortly following his appointment as Energy Critic, he toured the province to visit all of its

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facilities at his own expense. He was re-elected in the

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following which he joined the

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. On October 3, 2006, he was sworn in as Minister of Fisheries under the

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government. He maintained this role throughout all of the four years the Liberals were in government. Despite the losses received by the Shawn Graham Liberals in the 2010 provincial election, Doucet retained his seat, beating out the Progressive Conservative candidate Sharon Tucker. Doucet would sit in Opposition from 2010 to 2014, with his riding remaining the only Liberal controlled riding in southwestern New Brunswick. During his time in Opposition, Doucet was critic, at various periods, of Energy, Transportation and Public Safety. As critic for Public Safety, Doucet was very vocal in his displeasure with the Government's reaction to the flooding of December 2010 and Hurricane Arthur in July 2014. In the 2014 election, Doucet's riding was affected by the 2013 electoral redistribution in New Brunswick. For this election, Doucet's principal challenger was incumbent Progressive Conservative MLA Jim Parrott. On September 22, 2014, Doucet was re-elected for a 4th consecutive time. Doucet carried Motion 31 of the 3rd session of the

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, to delegate a Select Committee on Cannabis to study the effects of

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on New Brunswick society. On September 5, 2017, a cabinet portfolio rearrangement by the Gallant government had Mr. Doucet in charge of Aquaculture and Fisheries, as well as Energy and Resource Development

References

MLA Biography, Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick

Rick Doucet.com
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