Marcelle Mersereau

Marcelle Mersereau
MLA for Bathurst
In office 1991–2003
Preceded by	Paul Kenny
Succeeded by	Brian Kenny
Personal details
Born	February 14, 1942 Pointe-Verte, New Brunswick
Political party	Liberal

Marcelle Mersereau, (born February 14, 1942 in Pointe-Verte, New Brunswick) is a Canadian politician.

A civil servant for most of her career, she also served as a councillor on Bathurst, New Brunswick city council while on the provincial payroll from 1980 to 1991. She resigned her seat on council upon being elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the 1991 provincial election. A member of Frank McKenna's Liberal Party, she was immediately named to cabinet and became deputy premier in 1994. She served in a variety of roles in cabinet until the defeat of the Liberals in the 1999 election. She defeated PC candidate Robert N. Stairs to retain her seat in Bathurst, one of only 10 Liberals to survive what was their worst ever electoral defeat.

In opposition she was a top critic and the media reported she had lost the vote in her caucus to become interim leader of her party by a margin of 4-3 following the resignation of Camille Thériault. Her most high profile role in opposition was that of finance critic. She did not seek re-election to the legislature in 2003 but has remained active in her party. She was elected vice president of the New Brunswick Liberal Association on October 4, 2003 and re-elected on October 15, 2005. During the 2004 federal election, she was co-chair of the Liberal campaign in New Brunswick. She was the Liberal candidate for the Canadian House of Commons in the riding of Acadie—Bathurst in the 2006 federal election, but finished second to Yvon Godin of the New Democratic Party.

She served as co-chair of the successful Liberal campaign as it prepared for the 2006 provincial election. She succeeded Greg Byrne as president of the New Brunswick Liberal Party when he resigned after being appointed to the cabinet following the 2006 election and served the post until stepping down in the Fall of 2007.

References

• List of Women MLAs, New Brunswick Legislative Library

Cabinet

Provincial Government of Camille Thériault
Cabinet Posts (1)
Predecessor	Office	Successor
Ann Breault	Minister of Municipalities and Housing 1998-1999 Breault served as Minister of Municipalities, Culture & Housing MacAlpine served as Minister of Municipalities Mockler served as Minister of Human Resources Development & Housing	Joan MacAlpine and Percy Mockler
Special Cabinet Responsibilities
Predecessor	Title	Successor
herself in Frenette government	Minister responsible for the Status of Women 1998-1999	Margaret-Ann Blaney

Provincial Government of Ray Frenette
Cabinet Posts (1)
Predecessor	Office	Successor
herself in McKenna government	Minister of Human Resources Development 1997-1998	Georgie Day
Special Cabinet Responsibilities
Predecessor	Title	Successor
herself in McKenna government	Minister responsible for the Status of Women 1997-1998	herself in Thériault government

Provincial Government of Frank McKenna
Cabinet Posts (3)
Predecessor	Office	Successor
Ann Breault	Minister of Human Resources Development 1995-1997	herself in Frenette government
Jane Barry	Minister of Environment 1994-1995	Vaughn Blaney
Hubert Seamans	Minister of Municipalities, Culture and Housing 1991-1994	Paul Duffie
Special Cabinet Responsibilities
Predecessor	Title	Successor
Frank McKenna	Minister responsible for the Status of Women (1994-1997)	herself in Frenette government
Aldéa Landry	Deputy Premier of New Brunswick (1994-1995)	Ray Frenette

Preceded by Shawn Graham

Chair of the Liberal caucus 2002

Succeeded by Bernard Richard

Persondata
Name	Mersereau, Marcelle
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	February 14, 1942
Place of birth	Pointe-Verte, New Brunswick
Date of death
Place of death