James Bernard Boudreau (born July 25, 1944) is a
Canadian lawyer and politician.
Provincial politics
Boudreau was elected to the
Nova Scotia House of Assembly from
Cape Breton The Lakes in the
1988 provincial election. He was re-elected in
1993
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, and was appointed to the
Executive Council of Nova Scotia as Minister of Finance in the
Liberal government of
John Savage. From 1996, he served as Minister of Health. When Savage resigned in 1997, Boudreau entered the
leadership race to succeed him, but was defeated by
Russell MacLellan, prompting Boudreau to leave provincial politics.
Federal politics
In October 1999,
Prime Minister Jean Chrétien
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Born and raised in Shawinigan Falls, Quebec, Chrétien is a law graduate from Uni ...
recommended Boudreau for appointment to the
Senate of Canada
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, and to the
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as
Leader of the Government in the Senate, replacing
Alasdair Graham
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Political career
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who had been Nova Scotia's representative in the government since June 1997. It was also announced that Boudreau would be a candidate when the next federal election was held in order to help rebuild the federal
Liberals in Nova Scotia, after the party lost all eleven seats in the
1997 federal election.
Prior to the
2000 election, Boudreau was appointed
Minister of State for the
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency. Boudreau resigned from the Senate in order to run in
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for a
seat
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in the
House of Commons of Canada
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. After a hotly contested campaign, he was defeated by incumbent
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Member of Parliament Wendy Lill.
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1944 births
Living people
Canadian senators from Nova Scotia
Canadian people of Acadian descent
Liberal Party of Canada senators
Members of the 26th Canadian Ministry
Members of the King's Privy Council for Canada
Members of the Executive Council of Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia Liberal Party MLAs
Nova Scotia Ministers of Health
Lawyers in Nova Scotia
People from Sydney, Nova Scotia