Robert Gauvin
Robert Gauvin is a Canadian politician, the Member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick for Shippagan-Lamèque-Miscou. He was first elected in the 2018 election[2] as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick. He was appointed to the Executive Council of New Brunswick and served as the Deputy Premier, Minister of Tourism, Heritage, and Culture and Minister responsible for La Francophonie from November 9, 2018 to February 14, 2020.
Robert Gauvin | |
|---|---|
| Deputy Premier of New Brunswick | |
| In office November 9, 2018 – February 14, 2020 | |
| Premier | Blaine Higgs |
| Preceded by | Stephen Horsman |
| Minister of Tourism, Heritage, and Culture | |
| In office November 9, 2018 – February 14, 2020 | |
| Premier | Blaine Higgs |
| Preceded by | Gilles LePage |
| Succeeded by | Bruce Fitch |
| Member of the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly for Shippagan-Lamèque-Miscou | |
| Assumed office September 24, 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Wilfred Roussel |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1968 (age 51–52)[1] Caraquet, New Brunswick[1] |
| Political party | Independent |
| Other political affiliations | Progressive Conservative (until 2020) |
| Spouse(s) | Émilie LaBranche[1] |
On February 14, 2020, he resigned from cabinet and from caucus, sitting as an independent MLA. He cited Blaine Higgs' health reforms, including the nighttime closure of six hospital emergency rooms, as the reason for his resignation. In announcing his resignation, Gauvin called those reforms "an attack on rural New Brunswick."[3]
Gauvin is the son of former New Brunswick MLA Jean Gauvin.
Election results
| 2018 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Robert Gauvin | 4,048 | 46.25 | +0.65 | ||||
| Liberal | Wilfred Roussel | 3,949 | 45.12 | -0.98 | ||||
| New Democratic | Albert Rousselle | 578 | 6.60 | +0.90 | ||||
| Independent | Philippe Tisseuil | 178 | 2.03 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 8,753 | 98.76 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 110 | 1.24 | +0.90 | |||||
| Turnout | 8,863 | 79.64 | +2.91 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 11,129 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +0.82 | ||||||
References
- "Hon. Robert Gauvin". New Brunswick Legislature. Retrieved 2019-08-29.
- "Liberals hang on to most of north, but lose a minister". CBC News New Brunswick, September 25, 2018.
- Poitras, Jacques (14 February 2020). "Gauvin sits as an independent as Higgs debates calling an election". CBC News. Retrieved 14 February 2020.