Claude Williams (born November 25, 1955 in

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) is a

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and former civil servant in the

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, Canada. Williams studied at the

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, graduating with a

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degree. Williams was executive assistant to

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and then a regional manager for the provincial Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture. He also served as a municipal councillor in Saint-Antoine. He was first elected to the

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in a 2001

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and was re-elected in the 2003 general election and the 2006 general election. He served in the

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for part of 2006. He was Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure from 2010 until his defeat in the 2014 general election.

References

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1955 births Living people Université de Moncton alumni Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick MLAs Members of the Executive Council of New Brunswick Acadian people People from Kent County, New Brunswick New Brunswick municipal councillors 21st-century Canadian politicians {{NewBrunswick-MLA-stub