Wayne Gaudet
{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=September 2021}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = The Honourable
|image =
|imagesize = 200px |
| name = Wayne Gaudet
| caption = The Hon. Wayne Gaudet, ECNS
| birth_name = Wayne Jean Gaudet
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|8|12}}
| birth_place = Concession, Nova Scotia, Canada
| residence = Clare, Nova Scotia, Canada
| term_start = May 25, 1993
| term_end = October 8, 2013
| predecessor = Guy LeBlanc
| successor = riding dissolved
| office2 = Interim Leader of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party
| term_start2 = January 12, 2004
| term_end2 = October 23, 2004
| predecessor2 = Danny Graham
| successor2 = Francis MacKenzie
| office3 = Interim Leader of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party
| term_start3 = July 1, 2000
| term_end3 = April 13, 2002
| predecessor3 = Russell MacLellan
| successor3 = Danny Graham
| office4 = Speaker of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
| term_start4 = November 18, 1996
| term_end4 = November 20, 1997
| predecessor4 = Paul MacEwan
| successor4 = Gerry Fogarty
| party = Liberal
| religion =
| occupation = teacher
}}
Wayne Jean Gaudet[https://nslegislature.ca/members/profiles/wayne-j-gaudet/history Nova Scotia Legislature] (born August 12, 1955) is a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Clare in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1993 to 2013. He is a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.
Early life
Born in Concession, Nova Scotia, he graduated in 1977 with a Bachelor of Arts at the Université Sainte-Anne and then received a Bachelor of Education at Saint Mary's University. He later settled in Church Point where he worked as a teacher and a high school vice principal.
Political career
Gaudet was first elected in 1993,{{cite web|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201993.pdf|title=Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1993|publisher=Elections Nova Scotia|year=1993|accessdate=2014-10-20}} and appointed to the Executive Council of Nova Scotia on June 11, 1993, as Minister of Agriculture.{{cite web|url=http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?1993/06/12+100.raw+PE93Elect|title=Historic Liberal cabinet sworn in|work=The Chronicle Herald|date=June 12, 1993|accessdate=2014-10-20|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20000830201132/http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?1993%2F06%2F12+100.raw+PE93Elect#|archivedate=2000-08-30|url-status=dead}} Gaudet served in a number of other cabinet posts during the 1990s, including Minister of Human Resources, Minister of Housing and Municipal Affairs, Minister of Education and Culture, Minister of Business and Consumer Affairs, and Minister responsible for Acadian Affairs. He also served as Speaker of the House.{{cite web|url=http://www.herald.ns.ca/specialevents/libleader/stories/970719100.html|title=MacLellan makeover|work=The Chronicle Herald|date=July 19, 1997|accessdate=2014-10-20|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19980204071951/http://www.herald.ns.ca/specialevents/libleader/stories/970719100.html|archivedate=February 4, 1998}} He served as interim leader of the party from 2000 to 2002, after Russell MacLellan's resignation and before Danny Graham was elected leader.{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/n-s-liberals-pick-new-leader-1.323699|title=N.S. Liberals pick new leader|publisher=CBC News|date=April 13, 2002|accessdate=2014-10-20}} Gaudet also served as interim leader after Graham's resignation and before Francis MacKenzie's election.{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/businessman-elected-leader-of-nova-scotia-liberals-1.481724|title=Businessman elected leader of Nova Scotia Liberals|publisher=CBC News|date=October 23, 2004|accessdate=2014-10-20}}
On January 18, 2013, Gaudet announced that he will not be running in the next provincial election, in part due to the new electoral map.{{cite web|url=http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/467095-gaudet-quitting-provincial-politics|title=Gaudet quitting provincial politics|work=The Chronicle Herald|date=January 18, 2013|accessdate=2023-11-04|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303231734/http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/467095-gaudet-quitting-provincial-politics|archivedate=March 3, 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/liberal-mla-wayne-gaudet-won-t-run-in-next-election-1.1346681|title=Liberal MLA Wayne Gaudet won't run in next election|publisher=CBC News|date=January 18, 2013|accessdate=2014-10-20}}
Electoral record
{{Election box begin | title=2009 Nova Scotia general election}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|row}}
|Wayne Gaudet
|align="right"|3,392
|align="right"|64.68
|align="right"|
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NS|NDP|row}}
|Paul Comeau
|align="right"|1,326
|align="right"|25.29
|align="right"|
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NS|PC|row}}
|Jimmy Doucet
|align="right"|459
|align="right"|8.75
|align="right"|
|-
{{CANelec|NS|Green|Diane Bean|67|1.28|–}}
|}
{{Election box begin | title=2006 Nova Scotia general election}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|row}}
|Wayne Gaudet
|align="right"|2,803
|align="right"|48.53
|align="right"|
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NS|PC|row}}
|Arnold LeBlanc
|align="right"|1,622
|align="right"|28.08
|align="right"|
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NS|NDP|row}}
|Paul Comeau
|align="right"|1,269
|align="right"|21.97
|align="right"|
|-
{{CANelec|NS|Green|Diane Doucet-Bean|82|1.42|–}}
|}
{{Election box begin | title=2003 Nova Scotia general election}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|row}}
|Wayne Gaudet
|align="right"|3,547
|align="right"|61.55
|align="right"|
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NS|PC|row}}
|Marc Boudreau
|align="right"|1,456
|align="right"|25.26
|align="right"|
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NS|NDP|row}}
|Don Melanson
|align="right"|760
|align="right"|13.19
|align="right"|
|}
{{Election box begin | title=1999 Nova Scotia general election}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|row}}
|Wayne Gaudet
|align="right"|2,705
|align="right"|43.76
|align="right"|
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NS|PC|row}}
|Paul Comeau
|align="right"|2,355
|align="right"|38.10
|align="right"|
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NS|NDP|row}}
|Don Melanson
|align="right"|1,078
|align="right"|17.44
|align="right"|
{{CANelec|NS|Nova Scotia|Anne Marie Boyer |43|0.70}}
|}
{{Election box begin | title=1998 Nova Scotia general election}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|row}}
|Wayne Gaudet
|align="right"|2,950
|align="right"|47.28
|align="right"|
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NS|PC|row}}
|align="right"|2,578
|align="right"|41.32
|align="right"|
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NS|NDP|row}}
|Vanessa Paddock
|align="right"|711
|align="right"|11.40
|align="right"|
|}
{{Election box begin | title=1993 Nova Scotia general election}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|row}}
|Wayne Gaudet
|align="right"|3,461
|align="right"|51.99
|align="right"|
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NS|PC|row}}
|Guy LeBlanc
|align="right"|2,854
|align="right"|42.87
|align="right"|
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NS|NDP|row}}
|Christian Collin
|align="right"|342
|align="right"|5.14
|align="right"|
|}
References
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- [http://www.parl.gc.ca/InfoParl/english/issue.htm?param=63&art=64 36th Conference of the Canadian Region of CPA, Regina, Canadian Parliamentary Review]
- [http://www.utpress.utoronto.ca/cgi-bin/cw2w3.cgi?p=galloway&t=105255&d=741 Entry from Canadian Who's Who]
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Category:Nova Scotia Liberal Party MLAs
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Category:Politicians of Acadian descent
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