Brian Vincent Boudreau (July 19, 1954 – October 12, 2021) was a Canadian politician. He represented the

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Cape Breton The Lakes Cape Breton The Lakes was a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elected one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It was created in 1978 out of areas which were formerly included in the Cape Breton North, Cape Breton ...

in the

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from 1999 to 2003. He was a member of the

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Early life and municipal politics

Born in 1954 at

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, Boudreau served as a municipal councilor in

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. 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

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. 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 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 Conservatives. Bain first ran ...

by 248 votes, with Boudreau finishing fourth. He died on October 12, 2021 at the age of 67.Brian Boudreau
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References

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