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

MLA
Deputy Premier of New Brunswick
In office
November 9, 2018 – February 14, 2020
PremierBlaine Higgs
Preceded byStephen Horsman
Minister of Tourism, Heritage, and Culture
In office
November 9, 2018 – February 14, 2020
PremierBlaine Higgs
Preceded byGilles LePage
Succeeded byBruce Fitch
Member of the
New Brunswick Legislative Assembly
for Shippagan-Lamèque-Miscou
Assumed office
September 24, 2018
Preceded byWilfred Roussel
Personal details
Born1968 (age 51–52)[1]
Caraquet, New Brunswick[1]
Political partyIndependent
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 ConservativeRobert Gauvin4,04846.25+0.65
LiberalWilfred Roussel3,94945.12-0.98
New DemocraticAlbert Rousselle5786.60+0.90
IndependentPhilippe Tisseuil1782.03
Total valid votes 8,75398.76
Total rejected ballots 1101.24+0.90
Turnout 8,86379.64+2.91
Eligible voters 11,129
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +0.82
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References
  1. "Hon. Robert Gauvin". New Brunswick Legislature. Retrieved 2019-08-29.
  2. "Liberals hang on to most of north, but lose a minister". CBC News New Brunswick, September 25, 2018.
  3. Poitras, Jacques (14 February 2020). "Gauvin sits as an independent as Higgs debates calling an election". CBC News. Retrieved 14 February 2020.


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