Victor Boudreau

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office = MLA for Shediac-Cap-Pelé
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Victor E. Boudreau, B.S.S., is a New Brunswick politician. He is the current member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick for the riding of Shediac-Cap-Pelé and a senior member of the cabinet serving as Minister of Finance.

Boudreau was recrutied to Liberal politics 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. Chrétien remembers Boudreau as "the young guy from Shediac that was always with me when I was in the riding".

Following this initial engagement, Boudreau became very active in politics. He served as president of the Young Liberlas 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. ref|TT-Oct1006

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.

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* 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.