Jeannot Volpé (born June 28, 1950) is a

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in the Province of New Brunswick. Born in

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, Volpé graduated from the

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in 1973 with a

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degree and taught school until 1980. He was elected to the

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and re-elected in

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and

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. He represented the

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of Madawaska-les-Lacs and was a member of the

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from 1999 to 2006. On December 19, 2006, he was elected interim leader of the

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, he became

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in the Legislature upon

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's resignation from that role on January 31, 2007. Volpé married former Progressive Conservative MLA and Cabinet Minister

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, whom he met when he served in cabinet with her from 1999 to 2003, on May 19, 2007. In May 2009, Volpé announced that he was not reoffering in the 2010 election. In 2012, Volpe took the Government to the Human Rights Commission over a 1/3 cut in government pensions.

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* 1950 births Living people Université de Moncton alumni Canadian educators Canadian women educators Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick MLAs Members of the Executive Council of New Brunswick People from Madawaska County, New Brunswick 21st-century members of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick Ministers of finance of New Brunswick {{ProgressiveConservative-NewBrunswick-MLA-stub