Wayne Gaudet | |
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MLA for Clare | |
In office May 25, 1993 –October 8, 2013 | |
Preceded by | Guy LeBlanc |
Succeeded by | riding dissolved |
Interim Leader of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party | |
In office January 12,2004 –October 23,2004 | |
Preceded by | Danny Graham |
Succeeded by | Francis MacKenzie |
Interim Leader of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party | |
In office July 1,2000 –April 13,2002 | |
Preceded by | Russell MacLellan |
Succeeded by | Danny Graham |
Speaker of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly | |
In office November 18,1996 –November 20,1997 | |
Preceded by | Paul MacEwan |
Succeeded by | Gerry Fogarty |
Personal details | |
Born | Wayne Jean Gaudet August 12,1955 Concession,Nova Scotia,Canada |
Political party | Liberal |
Residence(s) | Clare,Nova Scotia,Canada |
Occupation | teacher |
Wayne Jean Gaudet [1] (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.
Born in Concession,Nova Scotia,he graduated in 1977 with a Bachelor of Arts at the UniversitéSainte-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.
Gaudet was first elected in 1993, [2] and appointed to the Executive Council of Nova Scotia on June 11,1993,as Minister of Agriculture. [3] 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. [4] He also served as Speaker of the House. [5] He served as interim leader of the party from 2000 to 2002,after Russell MacLellan's resignation and before Danny Graham was elected leader. [6] Gaudet also served as interim leader after Graham's resignation and before Francis MacKenzie's election. [7]
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. [4] [8]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Wayne Gaudet | 3,392 | 64.68 | ||
New Democratic Party | Paul Comeau | 1,326 | 25.29 | ||
Progressive Conservative | Jimmy Doucet | 459 | 8.75 | ||
Green | Diane Bean | 67 | 1.28 | – |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Wayne Gaudet | 2,803 | 48.53 | ||
Progressive Conservative | Arnold LeBlanc | 1,622 | 28.08 | ||
New Democratic Party | Paul Comeau | 1,269 | 21.97 | ||
Green | Diane Doucet-Bean | 82 | 1.42 | – |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Wayne Gaudet | 3,547 | 61.55 | ||
Progressive Conservative | Marc Boudreau | 1,456 | 25.26 | ||
New Democratic Party | Don Melanson | 760 | 13.19 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Wayne Gaudet | 2,705 | 43.76 | ||
Progressive Conservative | Paul Comeau | 2,355 | 38.10 | ||
New Democratic Party | Don Melanson | 1,078 | 17.44 | ||
Nova Scotia Party | Anne Marie Boyer | 43 | 0.70 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Wayne Gaudet | 2,950 | 47.28 | ||
Progressive Conservative | Guy LeBlanc | 2,578 | 41.32 | ||
New Democratic Party | Vanessa Paddock | 711 | 11.40 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Wayne Gaudet | 3,461 | 51.99 | ||
Progressive Conservative | Guy LeBlanc | 2,854 | 42.87 | ||
New Democratic Party | Christian Collin | 342 | 5.14 |
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