Jeannot Volpé

Jeannot Volpé

Jeannot Volpé (born June 28, 1950 in Saint-Jacques, New Brunswick) is a Canadian politician in the Province of New Brunswick.

He graduated from the University of Moncton in 1973 with a Bachelor of Physical Education degree and taught school until 1980. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in 1995 and re-elected in 1999, 2003 and 2006.

He represents the electoral district of Madawaska-les-Lacs and was a member of the cabinet from 1999 to 2006. On December 19 2006, he was elected interim leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick, he became leader of the opposition in the Legislature upon Bernard Lord's resignation from that role on January 31 2007.

Volpé married former Progressive Conservative MLA Kim Jardine, who he met when he served in cabinet with her from 1999 to 2003, on May 19 2007. [Cumby, Meghan. "Opposition leader ties the knot with former Conservative MLA". The New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal, Page A3, Wednesday, May 23, 2007.]

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