Hector Goudreau Explained

Honorific Prefix:The Honourable
Hector Goudreau
Birth Date:11 October 1950
Birth Place:Beaumont, Alberta, Canada
Office:MLA for Dunvegan-Central Peace-Notley
Term Start:November 22, 2004
Term End:May 5, 2015
Predecessor:district created
Successor:Margaret McCuaig-Boyd
Office2:MLA for Dunvegan
Term Start2:2001
Term End2:2004
Predecessor2:Glen Clegg
Successor2:district abolished
Party:Progressive Conservative

Hector George Joseph Goudreau (born October 11, 1950) is a politician from Alberta, Canada. He is originally from the francophone area of Beaumont, Alberta, located just south of Edmonton's metro population.

Goudreau is a former member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, having been elected for 2 terms as an MLA for the Progressive Conservatives. In the 2004 Alberta general election Hector narrowly hung on to his seat defeating Dale Lueken from the Alberta Alliance Party in one of the closest election battles outside of the Edmonton region.

On December 15, 2006, Hector Goudreau became Minister of Tourism, Parks, Recreation and Culture under newly elected Premier Ed Stelmach. After the election of 2008, Goudreau was named the Minister of Employment and Immigration. After Alison Redford became Premier in October 2011,[1] Goudreau was shuffled out of Cabinet in his role as Minister of Municipal Affairs and replaced by fellow PC MLA Doug Griffiths.[2]

Goudreau has three daughters: Micheline, Monique and Melanie. He lives in Falher with his wife Angeline.

Controversy

In March 2012, Hector Goudreau received criticism after CBC News obtained a letter written by Goudreau warning a northern Alberta school division that it could lose further funding if it continued publicizing their school funding problems.[3] Goudreau sent subsequent letters to the school division apologizing and later stepped down from his position as chair of the Cabinet Policy Committee on Community Development.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Toronto Sun . 2011-10-02 . 2013-06-10 . Redford becomes Alberta's next premier .
  2. Web site: Municipal Affairs: The Minister . Alberta Municipal Affairs . 2010-07-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140413132022/http://www.municipalaffairs.alberta.ca/am_the_minister.cfm . 2014-04-13 . dead .
  3. News: Rusnell, Charles . McKenna, Niall . School board gets warning letter from Tory MLA . 27 May 2020 . CBC News . cbc.ca . March 3, 2012.
  4. News: Nodge . Matt . Hector Goudreau resigns from committee over letter controversy . 27 May 2020 . CTV News . ctvedmonton.ca . March 6, 2012.