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Victor E. Boudreau (born May 3, 1970) is a New Brunswick politician. He is the member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick for the riding of Shediac-Cap-Pelé for the New Brunswick Liberal Association and the Leader of the Opposition in the legislature.〔("N.B. Liberals name ex-minister as interim leader" ). CTV News, November 20, 2010.〕 Boudreau was recruited to the Liberal Party in 1989 by Dominic LeBlanc and he attended the 1990 federal Liberal leadership convention to support Jean Chrétien. Chrétien, who was then without a seat in the Canadian House of Commons, ran in a by-election in Boudreau's riding of Beauséjour. Following this initial engagement, Boudreau became very active in politics. He served as president of the Young Liberals and then worked for Fernand Robichaud when he was a member of the Cabinet of Canada and for Bernard Richard—his predecessor as MLA for Shediac-Cap-Pelé—when he was in the New Brunswick cabinet Prior to his election to the legislature, he worked as village administrator of Cap-Pelé where he always balanced the budget and kept village councillors up to speed on all issues of the day.〔Mary Moszynski, ''New N.B. finance minister called hard worker, with strong people skills: Victor Boudreau viewed as well-liked rising star in Liberal circles''. Times & Transcript, Page A6, October 10, 2006.〕 He was elected to the legislature in a by-election on October 4, 2004 to replace Richard, who had resigned to become the provincial ombudsman. Boudreau was a quick rising star in the Liberal caucus being named to the high-profile role of Health & Wellness critic in the shadow cabinet shortly after his election. He was re-elected in 2006 and took on the high-profile role of finance minister in the cabinet of Shawn Graham.〔 Following the party's defeat in the 2010 election, Boudreau was named interim leader of the party on November 10, 2010 after Graham stepped down.〔 Brian Gallant was elected leader of the party on October 27, 2012, and assumed the role of opposition leader when he won the district of Kent in a by-election on April 15, 2013. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Victor Boudreau」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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