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Canadian politician
James Bernard Boudreau
PC
KC
(born July 25, 1944) is a
Canadian
lawyer and politician.
Provincial politics
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Boudreau was elected to the
Nova Scotia House of Assembly
from
Cape Breton The Lakes
in the
1988 provincial election
.
[1]
He was re-elected in
1993
,
[2]
and was appointed to the
Executive Council of Nova Scotia
as Minister of Finance in the
Liberal
government of
John Savage
.
[3]
[4]
From 1996, he served as Minister of Health. When Savage resigned in 1997, Boudreau entered the
leadership race
to succeed him,
[5]
but was defeated by
Russell MacLellan
,
[6]
prompting Boudreau to leave provincial politics.
[7]
Federal politics
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In October 1999,
Prime Minister
Jean Chretien
recommended Boudreau for appointment to the
Senate of Canada
, and to the
Cabinet
as
Leader of the Government in the Senate
, replacing
Alasdair Graham
who had been Nova Scotia's representative in the government since June 1997.
[8]
It was also announced that Boudreau would be a candidate when the next federal election was held in order to help rebuild the federal
Liberals
in Nova Scotia, after the party lost all eleven seats in the
1997 federal election
.
[9]
Prior to the
2000 election
, Boudreau was appointed
Minister of State
for the
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
.
[10]
Boudreau resigned from the Senate in order to run in
Dartmouth
for a
seat
in the
House of Commons of Canada
.
[11]
[12]
After a hotly contested campaign, he was defeated by incumbent
New Democratic Party
Member of Parliament
Wendy Lill
.
[13]
References
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"Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1988"
(PDF)
. Elections Nova Scotia. 1988. Archived from
the original
(PDF)
on May 12, 2014
. Retrieved
September 23,
2014
.
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"Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1993"
(PDF)
. Elections Nova Scotia. 1993. Archived from
the original
(PDF)
on October 6, 2014
. Retrieved
September 23,
2014
.
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"Historic Liberal cabinet sworn in"
.
The Chronicle Herald
. June 12, 1993. Archived from
the original
on August 30, 2000
. Retrieved
October 1,
2014
.
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"New cabinet in Nova Scotia smaller by one".
The Globe and Mail
. June 12, 1993.
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"Boudreau sets sights on top job"
.
The Chronicle Herald
. April 3, 1997. Archived from
the original
on July 12, 2001
. Retrieved
October 27,
2014
.
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"Boudreau ponders political future"
.
The Chronicle Herald
. July 14, 1997. Archived from
the original
on February 4, 1998
. Retrieved
September 23,
2014
.
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"NDP will have first C.B. MLA in years"
.
The Chronicle Herald
. November 5, 1997. Archived from
the original
on June 6, 2000
. Retrieved
September 23,
2014
.
- ^
"PM appoints Bernie Boudreau to Senate"
.
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
. October 4, 1999
. Retrieved
May 7,
2018
.
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"PM recruits Boudreau for Senate".
The Globe and Mail
. October 5, 1999.
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"Bernie Boudreau takes over ACOA amid criticism"
.
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
. October 18, 2000
. Retrieved
May 7,
2018
.
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"Boudreau betting big on winning MP's job"
.
The Chronicle Herald
. October 25, 2000. Archived from
the original
on January 24, 2005
. Retrieved
October 1,
2014
.
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"Boudreau officially on the campaign trail"
.
The Chronicle Herald
. October 26, 2000. Archived from
the original
on January 24, 2005
. Retrieved
October 1,
2014
.
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"NDP's Lill keeps Boudreau, McInnis at bay in Dartmouth"
.
The Chronicle Herald
. November 28, 2000. Archived from
the original
on January 24, 2005
. Retrieved
October 1,
2014
.
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