Roy Boudreau (October 24, 1946 – September 29, 2023) was a Canadian teacher and politician in

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. From 2003 to 2010, he was the member of the

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for the riding of

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Life and career

Boudreau was educated at the New Brunswick Teachers’ College and the

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, receiving a B. Ed. from the latter institution. He was a teacher for 33 years, the latter years of which he was a vice-principal and principal. He was elected to Campbellton

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in 2001 after an unsuccessful bid in 1998. A Liberal, he was elected to the legislature in

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for the district of Campbellton. He served in the opposition shadow cabinet at various times as critic for Department of Tourism and Parks, the Culture and Sport Secretariat, the

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section of the

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and the Department of Family and Community Services. Boudreau was re-elected to the slightly altered district of Campbellton-Restigouche Centre in the 2006 election in which his Liberal Party formed the government. He was named

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on October 16, 2006 and elected speaker on November 27, 2007. In the 2010 election, Boudreau was defeated by Progressive Conservative candidate Greg Davis. Boudreau died on September 29, 2023, at the age of 76.

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Boudreau, Roy 1946 births 2023 deaths New Brunswick Liberal Association MLAs People from Campbellton, New Brunswick Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick 21st-century members of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick