Roy Boudreau (born 1946), is a former

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and a

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. From 2003 to 2010, he was the member of the

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for the riding of

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. Boudreau was educated at the New Brunswick Teachers’ College and the

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, receiving a B. Ed. from the latter institution. He was a teacher for 33 years, the latter years of which he was a vice-principal and principal. He was elected to Campbellton

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in 2001 after an unsuccessful bid in 1998. A

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, he was elected to the legislature in 2003 for the district of Campbellton. He served in the

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shadow cabinet at various times as critic for Department of Tourism and Parks, the Culture and Sport Secretariat, the

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and the Department of Family and Community Services. He was re-elected to the slightly altered district of Campbellton-Restigouche Centre in the 2006 election in which his Liberal Party formed the government. He was named deputy speaker on October 16, 2006 and elected

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on November 27, 2007. In the 2010 election, Boudreau was defeated by Progressive Conservative candidate Greg Davis."New Brunswick Votes – Campbellton-Restigouche Centre"
CBC News, September 28, 2010.

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Boudreau, Roy 1946 births Living people New Brunswick Liberal Association MLAs People from Campbellton, New Brunswick Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick 21st-century Canadian politicians