{{short description|Canadian politician|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = <!-- only free-content images are allowed for depicting living people - see WP:NONFREE --> | name = Chuck Chiasson | caption = | birth_date = 1958 | birth_place = | honorific_suffix = MLA | office1 = Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure | premier1 = Susan Holt | term_start1 = November 2, 2024 | predecessor1 = Richard Ames | assembly2 = New Brunswick Legislative | constituency_AM2 = Grand Falls-Vallée-des-Rivières-Saint-Quentin (since 2024)<br>Victoria-la-Vallée (2014-2024) | term_start2 = September 22, 2014 | predecessor2 = Danny Soucy | party = Liberal | occupation = }}

'''Chuck Chiasson''' (born 1958) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the 2014 provincial election.<ref>[http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/new-brunswick-votes-2014/ridings/victoria-la-vall%C3%A9e-1.2721811 "New Brunswick Votes 2014: Victoria-la-Vallée"]. CBC News, September 23, 2014.</ref> He represents the electoral district of Victoria-la-Vallée as a member of the Liberal Party.

Chiasson was named to the Select Committee on Cannabis, pursuant to Motion 31 of the 3rd session of the 58th New Brunswick Legislature.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www1.gnb.ca/legis/committees/cannabis-e.asp# |title=gnb.ca: "Select Committee on Cannabis" |access-date=2017-08-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170720210905/http://www1.gnb.ca/legis/committees/cannabis-e.asp# |archive-date=2017-07-20 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Chiasson was re-elected in the 2018 and 2020 provincial elections.

As of September 8, 2024, he serves as the Official Opposition critic for Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour.

In the 2024 general election, Chiasson was re-elected in the newly renamed seat of Grand Falls-Vallée-des-Rivières-Saint-Quentin.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rudderham |first=Hannah |date=October 21, 2024 |title=In northern N.B., Liberals continue to dominate PCs re-elected in 2 Miramichi ridings |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/liberal-north-ridings-edmundston-miramichi-bathurst-1.7359066 |website=CBC News}}</ref> On November 1, 2024, it was announced that he was placed on the cabinet as Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Waugh |first1=Andrew |title=Susan Holt unveils 19-person cabinet |url=https://tj.news/new-brunswick/breaking-susan-holt-unveils-19-person-cabinet |access-date=November 1, 2024 |work=Telegraph-Journal |date=November 1, 2024}}</ref>

== Personal life == In 2021, Chiasson had surgery after suffering a heart attack.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Perry |first=Brad |title=Liberal MLA Undergoing Surgery After Heart Attack |url=https://www.country94.ca/2021/05/21/liberal-mla-undergoing-surgery-after-heart-attack/ |access-date=2024-10-22 |website=Country 94 |language=en}}</ref>

== Electoral record == ===Grand Falls-Vallée-des-Rivières-Saint-Quentin=== {{2024 New Brunswick general election/Grand Falls-Vallée-des-Rivières-Saint-Quentin}}

===Victoria-La Vallée=== {{CANelec/top|NB|2020|percent=yes|change=yes}} {{CANelec|NB|Liberal|Chuck Chiasson|4,365||}} {{CANelec|NB|PC|Roland Michaud|2,071||}} {{CANelec|NB|Green|Nathanaël Denis Lavoie|426||}} {{CANelec|NB|PANB|André Jobin|292||}} {{CANelec|XX|Independent|Danny Zolondek|92||}} {{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|7,246|100.0}} {{CANelec/total|Total rejected ballots|||}} {{CANelec/total|Turnout|||}} {{CANelec/total|Eligible voters|}} {{CANelec/hold|NB|Liberal|}} {{end}}

{{CANelec/top|NB|2018|percent=yes|change=yes}} {{CANelec|NB|Liberal|Chuck Chiasson|3,570|47.24|-2.38}} {{CANelec|NB|PC|Danny Soucy|3,212|42.50|+4.30}} {{CANelec|NB|Green|Paul Plourde|468|6.19|+0.84}} {{CANelec|NB|NDP|Lina Chiasson|307|4.06|-2.76}} {{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|7,557|100.0}} {{CANelec/total|Total rejected ballots|35|0.46|-0.30}} {{CANelec/total|Turnout|7,592|66.65|-2.07}} {{CANelec/total|Eligible voters|11,391}} {{CANelec/hold|NB|Liberal|-3.34}} {{end}}

{{CANelec/top|NB|2014|percent=yes|change=yes}} {{CANelec|NB|Liberal|'''Chuck Chiasson'''|3,969|49.62%|+6.04}} {{CANelec|NB|PC|Danny Soucy|3,056|38.20%|-10.96}} {{CANelec|NB|NDP|Joe Bérubé|546|6.83%|+2.13}} {{CANelec|NB|Green|Daniel Zolondek|428|5.35%|+2.79}} {{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|7,999|100.0%}} {{CANelec/total|Total rejected ballots|61|0.76}} {{CANelec/total|Turnout|8,060|68.98%}} {{CANelec/total|Eligible voters|11,685}} {{CANelec/notgain|NB|Liberal|PC|+8.50}} {{CANelec/source|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gnb.ca/elections/results-resultats/2014-09-22/2014-09-22-results-e.asp|title=Declared Results, 2014 New Brunswick election|author=Elections New Brunswick|date=2014|accessdate=18 Oct 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141014112536/http://www.gnb.ca/elections/results-resultats/2014-09-22/2014-09-22-results-e.asp|archive-date=14 October 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>}} {{end}}

==References== {{reflist}}

{{New Brunswick MLAs}} {{Holt Ministry}}

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