Serge Rousselle

{{Short description|Canadian politician}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix =

| name = Serge Rousselle

| honorific-suffix = MLA

| image = Serge Rousselle in 2017.jpg

| caption = Rousselle in 2017

| office1 = Minister of Government Services

| term_start1 = September 5, 2017

| term_end1 = May 11, 2018

| premier1 = Brian Gallant

| predecessor1 = Ed Doherty

| successor1 = Benoit Bourque

| office2 = Minister of Environment and Local Government

| term_start2 = June 6, 2016

| term_end2 = May 11, 2018

| premier2 = Brian Gallant

| predecessor2 = Brian Kenny

| successor2 = Andrew Harvey

| office3 = Attorney General of New Brunswick

| term_start3 = October 7, 2014

| term_end3 = May 11, 2018

| premier3 = Brian Gallant

| predecessor3 = Ted Flemming

| successor3 = Brian Gallant

| office4 = Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development

| term_start4 = October 7, 2014

| term_end4 = June 6, 2016

| premier4 = Brian Gallant

| predecessor4 = Marie-Claude Blais

| successor4 = Brian Kenny

| office5 = Member of the
New Brunswick Legislative Assembly
for Tracadie-Sheila

| term_start5 = September 22, 2014

| term_end5 = 2018

| predecessor5 = Claude Landry

| successor5 = Keith Chiasson

| birth_date =

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| death_date =

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| party = Liberal

}}

Serge Rousselle is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the 2014 provincial election.[http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/new-brunswick-votes-2014/ridings/tracadie-sheila-1.2711076 "New Brunswick Votes 2014: Tracadie-Sheila"]. CBC News, September 23, 2014. He represented the electoral district of Tracadie-Sheila as a member of the Liberal Party until 2018, when he did not run for reelection and was succeeded by his former constituency assistant Keith Chiasson.

On October 7, 2014, Rousselle was appointed to the Executive Council of New Brunswick as Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development, and Attorney General.{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/brian-gallant-unveils-his-13-person-liberal-cabinet-1.2790355|title=Brian Gallant unveils his 13-person Liberal cabinet|work=CBC News|date=October 7, 2014|accessdate=2015-05-06}}

He holds undergraduate degrees in political science and law from the University of Ottawa as well as a Master of Law from the University of Cambridge and a Doctor of Law from McGill University. After being abroad for his studies, he returned to Tracadie, New Brunswick, and was a professor at the Université de Moncton law faculty from 1992 to 2014. He served as dean from 2000 to 2004.{{Cite web|url=http://nbliberal.ca/support/Serge-Rousselle/|title = Serge Rousselle named co-chair of the 2018 New Brunswick Liberal re-election campaign – New Brunswick Liberal Association}}

Rousselle has also held various positions in organizations at the provincial, federal, and international level. Among other positions, he was head of the Bureau des Amériques of the Agence universitaire de la Francophonie, was President of the Council of Canadian Law Deans as well as President of the Association des juristes d’expression française du Nouveau-Brunswick.{{Cite web|url=http://nbliberal.ca/support/Serge-Rousselle/|title = Serge Rousselle named co-chair of the 2018 New Brunswick Liberal re-election campaign – New Brunswick Liberal Association}}

Rousselle is the co-author of the book entitled "Éducation et droits collectifs : au-delà de l'article 23 de la Charte" (2003, Editions de la francophonie), which was awarded the 2003 France-Acadie award.{{cite web |url=http://amitiesfranceacadie.org/nos-actions/prix-france-acadie.aspx |title=Amitiés France-Acadie |website=amitiesfranceacadie.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017131448/http://amitiesfranceacadie.org/nos-actions/prix-france-acadie.aspx |archive-date=2015-10-17}}