Robert Gauvin is a Canadian politician who was elected to the

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in the 2018 New Brunswick general election. He currently represents the riding of

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as a member of the

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Political career

Gauvin was first elected in the 2018 election as the Progressive Conservative MLA for

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. The Progressive Conservatives formed a minority government after the election, at which point Blaine Higgs appointed Gauvin to the

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as Deputy Premier, Minister of Tourism, Heritage, and Culture, and Minister responsible for La Francophonie. On February 14, 2020, he resigned from cabinet and the Progressive Conservative caucus to sit as an

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MLA, citing Higgs' health reforms, including the nighttime closure of six hospital emergency rooms; in announcing his resignation, Gauvin called those reforms "an attack on rural New Brunswick." On August 18, 2020, ahead of the 2020 election, he announced he was joining the

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and would run as their in

, a riding previously represented by former Liberal Premier Brian Gallant. He was re-elected in 2020, in which Higgs' Progressive Conservatives won a majority government. On January 30, 2022, Gauvin announced his campaign for leader of the New Brunswick Liberal Association following

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' 2020 resignation.

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took place on August 6, 2022, and Gauvin was eliminated on the second round of balloting, finishing third in the contest. Gauvin is the son of former New Brunswick MLA

Jean Gauvin Jean Gauvin (November 15, 1945 – June 6, 2007) was a Canadian politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1978 to 1987 and from 1991 to 1995, as a Progressive Conservative member for the constituency of Shippagan-le ...

Electoral history

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gauvin, Robert 1968 births Living people Acadian people Deputy premiers of New Brunswick Members of the Executive Council of New Brunswick People from Caraquet Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick MLAs 21st-century Canadian politicians New Brunswick Liberal Association MLAs