Daniel Allain is a Canadian politician from

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. He was elected to the

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at the 2020 general election in the riding of

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. He is currently Minister of Local Government and Local Governance Reform.

Political career

In his early political career, Allain served as Premier

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's constituency assistant in

from 2000 to 2003. Allain stood in the

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. In 2013, during the mandate of Premier

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, he was appointed Deputy Minister of Management and Administration in the Office of the Premier of New Brunswick, and, in 2010, he was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of

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. From 2016 to 2020, Allain served as an at-large city councillor in

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. As part of this municipal role, he also sat on the board of the Codiac Regional Policing Authority. In the

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, Allain defeated

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MLA

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and became the MLA for the

. As the only francophone in caucus and a former municipal councillor, Allain was made a member of the

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and given the position of Minister of Local Government and Local Governance Reform. As Minister, Allain oversaw the implementation of significant reforms. Promoted as being the most substantial since Premier Robichaud's Equal Opportunity Program, the Higgs-Allain local governance reforms consolidated the province's many local governance entities from 340 to fewer than 100.

Electoral history

2020 New Brunswick general election

2008 Canadian federal election

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Allain, Daniel Living people Members of the Executive Council of New Brunswick People from Moncton Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick MLAs 21st-century Canadian politicians Year of birth missing (living people)