Brian Boudreau Explained

Brian Boudreau
Birth Date:19 July 1954
Birth Place:Bras d'Or, Nova Scotia, Canada
Death Place:Bras d'Or, Nova Scotia, Canada
Office:MLA for Cape Breton The Lakes
Term Start:1993
Term End:1998
Predecessor:Helen MacDonald
Successor:riding dissolved
Party:Liberal (1999–2003)
Independent (2003)

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]

Early life and municipal politics

Born 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

Boudreau 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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Electoral History for Victoria-The Lakes. Nova Scotia Legislative Library. 2018-04-02.
  2. Web site: Liberal Caucus biography. Nova Scotia Liberal Caucus. 2015-04-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20061109170902/http://www.liberalcaucus-ns.com/mlas/cape-breton-the-lakes.html. November 9, 2006.
  3. News: Coady wins Cape Breton vote: County warden first Mayor of regional municipality. The Chronicle Herald. May 15, 1995.
  4. Web site: Election Returns, 1999 (Cape Breton The Lakes). Elections Nova Scotia. 2015-04-15.
  5. News: Boudreau pulls upset. Cape Breton Post. June 28, 1999.
  6. News: MLA Boudreau will run in Victoria-The Lakes. Cape Breton Post. October 31, 2002.
  7. News: Boudreau gets boot in new C.B. riding. The Chronicle Herald. March 31, 2003.
  8. News: Sampson defeats MLA Boudreau to win Liberal nomination. Cape Breton Post. March 31, 2003.
  9. Web site: Disgruntled Boudreau resigns from Grit caucus. The Chronicle Herald. April 3, 2003. 2015-04-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20030907233114/http://www.herald.ns.ca/stories/2003/04/03/fNovaScotia159.raw.html. September 7, 2003.
  10. News: Boudreau to seek seat as Independent candidate. Cape Breton Post. April 15, 2003.
  11. Web site: Boudreau to run as independent MLA. The Chronicle Herald. April 15, 2003. 2015-04-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20031117172913/http://www.herald.ns.ca/stories/2003/04/15/pNovaScotia231.raw.html. November 17, 2003.
  12. Web site: Election Returns, 2003 (Victoria-The Lakes). Elections Nova Scotia. 2015-04-15.
  13. News: Sampson becomes first MLA for the new riding of Victoria-The Lakes. Cape Breton Post. August 6, 2003.
  14. Web site: 'The sun will come up tomorrow'. The Chronicle Herald. August 7, 2003. 2015-04-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20050124073130/http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?2003%2F08%2F07+214.raw+PE03Aug7+2. January 24, 2005. dead.
  15. https://www.jmjobesfuneralhome.com/obituary/Brian-Boudreau Brian Boudreau

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