Brian Vincent Boudreau (July 19, 1954 – October 12, 2021) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Cape Breton The Lakes in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1999 to 2003. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.[1]
Brian Boudreau | |
|---|---|
| MLA for Cape Breton The Lakes | |
| In office 1999–2003 | |
| Preceded by | Helen MacDonald |
| Succeeded by | riding dissolved |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 19, 1954 Bras d'Or, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Died | October 12, 2021 (aged 67) Bras d'Or, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Political party | Liberal (1999–2003) Independent (2003) |
Early life and municipal politics
editBorn in 1954 at Bras d'Or, Nova Scotia, Boudreau served as a municipal councilor in Cape Breton County.[2] In 1995, following municipal amalgamation, Boudreau was elected to council for the newly formed Cape Breton Regional Municipality,[3] where he served as deputy mayor.[2]
Provincial politics
editBoudreau entered provincial politics in the 1999 election, defeating New Democrat incumbent Helen MacDonald by 101 votes in the Cape Breton The Lakes riding.[4][5]
In 2002, Boudreau's riding was eliminated following redistribution and he announced his intention to seek the Liberal nomination in the new Victoria-The Lakes riding.[6] On March 29, 2003, Boudreau was defeated for the nomination by Victoria County Warden Gerald Sampson.[7][8] On April 2, Boudreau quit the Liberal caucus to sit as an independent.[9] On April 14, Boudreau announced that he would seek re-election in the 2003 election, running as an independent candidate in Victoria-The Lakes.[10][11] On election night, Sampson won the seat, defeating Progressive Conservative Keith Bain by 248 votes, with Boudreau finishing fourth.[12][13][14] He died on October 12, 2021, at the age of 67.[15]
References
edit- ^ "Electoral History for Victoria-The Lakes" (PDF). Nova Scotia Legislative Library. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
- ^ a b "Liberal Caucus biography". Nova Scotia Liberal Caucus. Archived from the original on November 9, 2006. Retrieved 2015-04-15.
- ^ "Coady wins Cape Breton vote: County warden first Mayor of regional municipality". The Chronicle Herald. May 15, 1995.
- ^ "Election Returns, 1999 (Cape Breton The Lakes)" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 2015-04-15.
- ^ "Boudreau pulls upset". Cape Breton Post. June 28, 1999.
- ^ "MLA Boudreau will run in Victoria-The Lakes". Cape Breton Post. October 31, 2002.
- ^ "Boudreau gets boot in new C.B. riding". The Chronicle Herald. March 31, 2003.
- ^ "Sampson defeats MLA Boudreau to win Liberal nomination". Cape Breton Post. March 31, 2003.
- ^ "Disgruntled Boudreau resigns from Grit caucus". The Chronicle Herald. April 3, 2003. Archived from the original on September 7, 2003. Retrieved 2015-04-15.
- ^ "Boudreau to seek seat as Independent candidate". Cape Breton Post. April 15, 2003.
- ^ "Boudreau to run as independent MLA". The Chronicle Herald. April 15, 2003. Archived from the original on November 17, 2003. Retrieved 2015-04-15.
- ^ "Election Returns, 2003 (Victoria-The Lakes)" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 2015-04-15.
- ^ "Sampson becomes first MLA for the new riding of Victoria-The Lakes". Cape Breton Post. August 6, 2003.
- ^ "'The sun will come up tomorrow'". The Chronicle Herald. August 7, 2003. Archived from the original on January 24, 2005. Retrieved 2015-04-15.
- ^ Brian Boudreau obituary