| Serge Brideau | |||||||
| Birth Place: | Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada | ||||||
| Occupation: | Singer, politician | ||||||
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Serge Brideau is a Canadian singer and politician who is a member of Les Hôtesses d'Hilaire, an Acadian folk-rock band in New Brunswick. Within politics, Brideau has run for the provincial legislature as a member of the Green Party of New Brunswick. He is the Green candidate for the Tracadie riding in the 2024 provincial election.
Brideau is from Tracadie. He is a member of Les Hôtesses d'Hilaire as its singer.[1] Brideau has also served as an activist[2] and as vice-president of the Acadian Society of New Brunswick.[3]
In 2019, Brideau was the subject of media attention after improvising lyrics during a National Acadian Day performance to criticize the unilingual Premier Blaine Higgs, while also raising the middle finger.[4] During the COVID-19 pandemic, Brideau worked as a caregiver.[5]
In 2023, Brideau ran for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick as the Green Party candidate in the by-election of the Bathurst East-Nepisiguit-Saint-Isidore riding held on April 24, though was defeated by New Brunswick Liberal Association leader Susan Holt.[6] [7] He is running for the Green Party in the 2024 provincial election in the riding of Tracadie.[8]