Hector Goudreau

{{short description|Canadian politician}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

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| honorific_prefix = The Honourable

| name = Hector Goudreau

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1950|10|11}}

| birth_place = Beaumont, Alberta, Canada

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| office = MLA for Dunvegan-Central Peace-Notley

| term_start = November 22, 2004

| term_end = May 5, 2015

| predecessor = district created

| successor = Margaret McCuaig-Boyd

| office2 = MLA for Dunvegan

| term_start2 = 2001

| term_end2 = 2004

| predecessor2 = Glen Clegg

| successor2 = district abolished

| party = Progressive Conservative

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Hector George Joseph Goudreau {{post-nominals|country=CAN|ECA}} (born October 11, 1950) is a politician from Alberta, Canada. He is originally from the francophone area of Beaumont, Alberta, located just south of Edmonton's metro population.

Goudreau is a former member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, having been elected for 2 terms as an MLA for the Progressive Conservatives. In the 2004 Alberta general election Hector narrowly hung on to his seat defeating Dale Lueken from the Alberta Alliance Party in one of the closest election battles outside of the Edmonton region.

On December 15, 2006, Hector Goudreau became Minister of Tourism, Parks, Recreation and Culture under newly elected Premier Ed Stelmach. After the election of 2008, Goudreau was named the Minister of Employment and Immigration. After Alison Redford became Premier in October 2011,{{cite web |publisher=Toronto Sun |date=2011-10-02 |accessdate=2013-06-10 |title=Redford becomes Alberta's next premier |url=http://www.torontosun.com/2011/10/02/redford-becomes-albertas-next-premier }} Goudreau was shuffled out of Cabinet in his role as Minister of Municipal Affairs and replaced by fellow PC MLA Doug Griffiths.{{Cite web |url=http://www.municipalaffairs.alberta.ca/am_the_minister.cfm |title=Municipal Affairs: The Minister |author=Alberta Municipal Affairs |accessdate=2010-07-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413132022/http://www.municipalaffairs.alberta.ca/am_the_minister.cfm |archive-date=2014-04-13 |url-status=dead }}

Goudreau has three daughters: Micheline, Monique and Melanie. He lives in Falher with his wife Angeline.