Bernie Boudreau

James Bernard " Bernie " Boudreau PC QC ( born July 25, 1944 in Sydney, Nova Scotia ) is a Canadian lawyer and politician of the Liberal Party of Canada, the time, the province of Nova Scotia acted as a member of the Senate.

Life

After schooling Boudreau completed an undergraduate degree and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts ( BA). A subsequent study of law, he finished with a Bachelor of Laws ( LL.B. ) and was subsequently worked as a lawyer.

In the late 1980s he began his political career for the Nova Scotia Liberal Party, he was first elected in the provincial election of 6 September 1988 as a member of the House of Representatives of Nova Scotia and in this and September 1997 the constituency of Cape Breton The Lakes represented.

After the electoral victory of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party in the provincial elections on 25 May 1993 Boudreau was appointed by Prime Minister John Savage in June 1993 for the first time in the provincial government and was there until June 1996, both Finance Minister and also minister responsible for the Lottery Act ( The Lottery Act ), Minister with responsibility for the administration of brandy control Act ( Liquor Control Act ), Minister with responsibility for the Law on the public enterprises Sydney Steel Corporation ( Sydney Steel Corporation Act ) and Chairman of the management Board of Cabinet. In a cabinet reshuffle, he was on June 7, 1996 Health Minister and also Minister with responsibility for the state telecommunications company Communications Nova Scotia and Chair of the Priorities and Planning Committee and held this office until the term of office of Prime Minister Savage on July 18, 1997.

On October 4, 1999 Boudreau was appointed on the recommendation of Prime Minister Jean Chrétien by the outgoing Governor General Roméo LeBlanc to Canadian Senator for Nova Scotia and represented there until his resignation on 26 October 2000 the Senate District Nova Scotia

During his Senate membership he was from October 1999 to October 2000 as Chairman of the Liberal Party and, as such, also leader of the Government in the Senate ( Leader of the Government in the Senate ) and a member of the 26th Canadian Cabinet led by Prime Minister Jean Chrétien. In addition, he was from October 1999 to January 2000 Regional Minister responsible for Nova Scotia and later, between October 2000 and January 2001 Minister of State with responsibility for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, an agency of the Federal Government to promote the Atlantic provinces.

In the elections of 27 November 2000 Boudreau candidate in the constituency of Dartmouth for a parliamentary seat in the House, but was defeated Wendy Lill, the incumbent Members of this constituency of the New Democratic Party (NDP ). After he retired from politics and resumed his career as a lawyer to.