Réjean Savoie (born September 15, 1952) is a businessman and political figure in

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. He was a member of the

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from 1999 to 2003 and again from 2022 to 2024. He was most recently elected the Progressive Conservative Party MLA for

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in 2022 in a by-election to replace Lisa Harris, having previously represented

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from 1999 to 2003. He was born in Saint-Wilfred, New Brunswick, the son of Levi Savoie and Exéline Roy. Savoie studied at the Bathurst Technical School and the New Brunswick Community College. He worked as a tractor trailer operator and also owned and operated a restaurant and service station. Savoie served as a member of the school board and as a member of the board of directors for the Neguac Medical Clinic and the l’Hotel-Dieu Hospital in Chatham. He returned to office after winning the June 2022 by-election in

. He was

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in the

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by Liberal Sam Johnston.

Electoral history

References

New Brunswick MLAs, New Brunswick Legislative Library
(pdf) 1952 births Politicians of Acadian descent Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick MLAs Living people 21st-century members of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick {{ProgressiveConservative-NewBrunswick-MLA-stub