Brian Boudreau
{{Short description|Canadian politician (1954–2021)}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
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| name = Brian Boudreau
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1954|7|19}}
| birth_place = Bras d'Or, Nova Scotia, Canada
| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|10|12|1954|7|19}}
| death_place=Bras d'Or, Nova Scotia, Canada
| residence =
| office = MLA for Cape Breton The Lakes
| term_start = 1999
| term_end = 2003
| predecessor = Helen MacDonald
| successor = riding dissolved
| party = Liberal (1999–2003)
Independent (2003)
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| occupation =
}}
Brian Vincent Boudreau (July 19, 1954 – October 12, 2021) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Cape Breton The Lakes in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1999 to 2003. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.{{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/victoria-the%20lakes.pdf|title=Electoral History for Victoria-The Lakes|publisher=Nova Scotia Legislative Library|accessdate=2018-04-02}}
Early life and municipal politics
Born in 1954 at Bras d'Or, Nova Scotia, Boudreau served as a municipal councilor in Cape Breton County.{{cite web|url=http://www.liberalcaucus-ns.com/mlas/cape-breton-the-lakes.html|title=Liberal Caucus biography|publisher=Nova Scotia Liberal Caucus|accessdate=2015-04-15|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061109170902/http://www.liberalcaucus-ns.com/mlas/cape-breton-the-lakes.html|archivedate=November 9, 2006}} In 1995, following municipal amalgamation, Boudreau was elected to council for the newly formed Cape Breton Regional Municipality,{{cite news|title=Coady wins Cape Breton vote: County warden first Mayor of regional municipality|work=The Chronicle Herald|date=May 15, 1995}} where he served as deputy mayor.
Provincial politics
Boudreau entered provincial politics in the 1999 election, defeating New Democrat incumbent Helen MacDonald by 101 votes in the Cape Breton The Lakes riding.{{cite web|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/99CBLAKE.pdf|title=Election Returns, 1999 (Cape Breton The Lakes)|publisher=Elections Nova Scotia|accessdate=2015-04-15}}{{cite news|title=Boudreau pulls upset|work=Cape Breton Post|date=June 28, 1999}}
In 2002, Boudreau's riding was eliminated following redistribution and he announced his intention to seek the Liberal nomination in the new Victoria-The Lakes riding.{{cite news|title=MLA Boudreau will run in Victoria-The Lakes|work=Cape Breton Post|date=October 31, 2002}} On March 29, 2003, Boudreau was defeated for the nomination by Victoria County Warden Gerald Sampson.{{cite news|title=Boudreau gets boot in new C.B. riding|work=The Chronicle Herald|date=March 31, 2003}}{{cite news|title=Sampson defeats MLA Boudreau to win Liberal nomination|work=Cape Breton Post|date=March 31, 2003}} On April 2, Boudreau quit the Liberal caucus to sit as an independent.{{cite web|url=http://www.herald.ns.ca/stories/2003/04/03/fNovaScotia159.raw.html|title=Disgruntled Boudreau resigns from Grit caucus|work=The Chronicle Herald|date=April 3, 2003|accessdate=2015-04-15|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20030907233114/http://www.herald.ns.ca/stories/2003/04/03/fNovaScotia159.raw.html|archivedate=September 7, 2003}} On April 14, Boudreau announced that he would seek re-election in the 2003 election, running as an independent candidate in Victoria-The Lakes.{{cite news|title=Boudreau to seek seat as Independent candidate|work=Cape Breton Post|date=April 15, 2003}}{{cite web|url=http://www.herald.ns.ca/stories/2003/04/15/pNovaScotia231.raw.html|title=Boudreau to run as independent MLA|work=The Chronicle Herald|date=April 15, 2003|accessdate=2015-04-15|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20031117172913/http://www.herald.ns.ca/stories/2003/04/15/pNovaScotia231.raw.html|archivedate=November 17, 2003}} On election night, Sampson won the seat, defeating Progressive Conservative Keith Bain by 248 votes, with Boudreau finishing fourth.{{cite web|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/03dist50.pdf|title=Election Returns, 2003 (Victoria-The Lakes)|publisher=Elections Nova Scotia|accessdate=2015-04-15}}{{cite news|title=Sampson becomes first MLA for the new riding of Victoria-The Lakes|work=Cape Breton Post|date=August 6, 2003}}{{cite web|url=http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?2003/08/07+214.raw+PE03Aug7+2|title='The sun will come up tomorrow'|work=The Chronicle Herald|date=August 7, 2003|accessdate=2015-04-15|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050124073130/http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?2003%2F08%2F07+214.raw+PE03Aug7+2|archivedate=January 24, 2005|url-status=dead}} He died on October 12, 2021, at the age of 67.[https://www.jmjobesfuneralhome.com/obituary/Brian-Boudreau Brian Boudreau] obituary
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Category:Nova Scotia Liberal Party MLAs
Category:Nova Scotia Independent MLAs
Category:Nova Scotia municipal councillors
Category:People from the Cape Breton Regional Municipality
Category:20th-century members of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
Category:Politicians of Acadian descent
Category:21st-century members of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly