Gilles LePage
Gilles LePage | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Environment and Climate Change | |
| Assumed office November 2, 2024 | |
| Premier | Susan Holt |
| Preceded by | Gary Crossman |
| Minister responsible for the Regional Development Corporation | |
| Assumed office November 2, 2024 | |
| Premier | Susan Holt |
| Preceded by | Réjean Savoie |
| Minister of Tourism, Heritage, and Culture | |
| In office October 5, 2018 – November 8, 2018 | |
| Premier | Brian Gallant |
| Preceded by | John Ames |
| Succeeded by | Robert Gauvin |
| Minister of Labour, Employment, and Population Growth | |
| In office September 5, 2017 – November 8, 2018 | |
| Premier | Brian Gallant |
| Preceded by | Donald Arseneault |
| Member of the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly for Restigouche West | |
| Assumed office September 22, 2014 | |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Liberal |
Gilles LePage is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the 2014 provincial election.[1] He represents the electoral district of Restigouche West as a member of the Liberal Party.
LePage was named Vice Chairman of the Select Committee on Cannabis, pursuant to Motion 31 of the 3rd session of the 58th New Brunswick Legislature.[2] He was a Minister in the Gallant administration.
On September 24, 2018, LePage was voted in again to be the MLA for the riding of Restigouche West.[3] He was re-elected in the 2020 provincial election.
As of September 8, 2024, he serves as the Official Opposition critic for Economic Development and Opportunities New Brunswick, for Small Business and Trade Policy, and for Population Growth and Immigration.
LePage was re-elected in the 2024 general election. On November 1, 2024, it was announced that he was placed on the cabinet as Minister of Environment and Climate Change and Minister responsible for the Regional Development Corporation.[4]
Electoral record
[edit]Restigouche West
[edit]| 2020 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Gilles LePage | 5,022 | 62.15 | +9.62 | ||||
| Green | Charles Thériault | 1,755 | 21.72 | -9.80 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Louis Bérubé | 1,247 | 15.43 | +3.51 | ||||
| KISS | Travis Pollock | 56 | 0.69 | -0.08 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 8,080 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 46 | 0.57 | ||||||
| Turnout | 8,126 | 71.03 | +1.67 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 11,440 | |||||||
| Source: Elections New Brunswick[5] | ||||||||
| 2018 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Gilles LePage | 4,233 | 52.53 | -5.49 | ||||
| Green | Charles Thériault | 2,540 | 31.52 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | David Moreau | 961 | 11.92 | -8.16 | ||||
| New Democratic | Beverly A. Mann | 263 | 3.26 | -0.86 | ||||
| KISS | Travis Pollock | 62 | 0.77 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 8,059 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 64 | 0.79 | ||||||
| Turnout | 8,123 | 69.36 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 11,711 | |||||||
| Source: Elections New Brunswick [6] | ||||||||
| 2014 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Gilles LePage | 4,940 | 58.02 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Martine Coulombe | 1,710 | 20.08 | |||||
| Independent | Charles Thériault | 1,514 | 17.78 | |||||
| New Democratic | Gilles Cyr | 351 | 4.12 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 8,515 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 70 | 0.82 | ||||||
| Turnout | 8,585 | 73.00 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 11,761 | |||||||
| This riding (Restigouche West) was created from parts of Restigouche-La-Vallée, Campbellton-Restigouche Centre and Dalhousie-Restigouche East, which elected two Progressive Conservatives and one Liberal (Dalhousie-Restigouche East). Martine Coulombe was the incumbent from Restigouche-La-Vallée. | ||||||||
| Source: Elections New Brunswick[7] | ||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "New Brunswick Votes 2014: Restigouche West". CBC News, September 23, 2014.
- ^ "gnb.ca: "Select Committee on Cannabis"". Archived from the original on 2017-07-20. Retrieved 2017-08-01.
- ^ "New Brunswick Election Results CBC News". CBC.
- ^ Waugh, Andrew (November 1, 2024). "Susan Holt unveils 19-person cabinet". Telegraph-Journal. Retrieved November 1, 2024.
- ^ "Unofficial Results". Elections NB. Archived from the original on 2020-09-16. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
- ^ https://www.electionsnb.ca/content/dam/enb/pdf/2018ProvRpt.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ Elections New Brunswick (6 Oct 2014). "Declared Results, 2014 New Brunswick election". Archived from the original on 2014-10-14. Retrieved 15 Oct 2014.
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