Robert Thibault

Infobox CanadianMP
honorific-prefix = The Honourable
name = Robert G. Thibault
honorific-suffix =
PC, MP


riding = West Nova
parliament = Canadian
term_start = 2000 federal election
term_end =
predecessor = Mark Muise
successor =
birth_date = birth date and age|1959|09|29
birth_place = Digby, Nova Scotia
death_date =
death_place =
party = Liberal
profession = Municipal administrator
spouse = Janice Boudreau
residence = Concession, Nova Scotia
footnotes =

Robert G. Thibault, PC, MP (born September 29, 1959 in Digby, Nova Scotia) is a Canadian politician.

Thibault is a current member of the Liberal Party of Canada in the Canadian House of Commons, serving his third term as the representative of West Nova. He served as a municipal councillor in Clare, Nova Scotia from 1988 to 2001. He won his first federal election in 2000. He was named Minister of State (Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency) in 2001. He was Minister of Fisheries and Oceans from 2002 to 2003. He won re-election in 2004. Thibault was the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health from 2004 to 2006 under Paul Martin. In the 2006 election, he defeated Conservative opponent and former Nova Scotia cabinet minister Greg Kerr by 511 votes. On April 27, 2007 Thibault was named Liberal Critic for Competitiveness and the New Economy by Liberal leader Stéphane Dion. [ [http://www.liberal.ca/story_12737_e.aspx Liberal Leader Stéphane Dion Appoints Robert Thibault as Liberal Critic for Competitiveness and the New Economy] ] He is currently the critic for Health.

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External links

* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/people/key/bio.asp?Language=E&query=17765&s=M&md=1 Federal Political Biography from the Library of Parliament]
* [http://www.liberal.ca/members_e.aspx?id=11690 Robert Thibault]