- Ray Frenette
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name = Joseph Raymond Frenette
caption = Mr. Ray Frenette
order = 28thPremier of New Brunswick
term_start =October 14 ,1997
term_end =May 14 ,1998
predecessor =Frank McKenna
successor =Camille Thériault
birth_date = birth date and age | 1935|04|16
birth_place =Beresford, New Brunswick
death_date =
death_place =
party = Liberal
spouse = Armande Hachey
religion = |Joseph Raymond (Ray) Frenette (born
April 16 ,1935 inBeresford, New Brunswick ), is a formerpolitician inNew Brunswick ,Canada . He was a Liberal representative for the riding ofMoncton East in theLegislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1974 until 1998 when retired after a short term asPremier of New Brunswick .He is the son of Berthilde Pitre and Samuel Frenette.
Before being elected to the legislature, he was a councillor for the village of Lewisville and, after Lewisville was amalgamated with the city of
Moncton , he was a Moncton city councillor.He twice ran for leader of the New Brunswick Liberals. He lost in 1982 to
Doug Young and in 1985 toFrank McKenna . He served as interim Liberal leader from 1983-1985 and again from October, 1997 to May, 1998 also serving as Premier.Frenette was
Frank McKenna 's right hand man in the legislature, serving as hisHouse Leader throughout his tenure as leader from 1985 to 1997. He resigned from theNew Brunswick legislature in July of 1998.Following his political career, Frenette was appointed by Prime Minister
Jean Chrétien to be a director ofAtomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) for a three-year term from 1998 to 2001 following which he served as chair from 2001 to 2005.On
May 11 2006 it was announced that he would be New Brunswick chair ofGerard Kennedy 's campaign for the leadership of theLiberal Party of Canada . [http://www.gerardkennedy.ca/documents/News_Release_NB_May11_e.pdf]
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