Ron Ouellette

{{Short description|Canadian politician}} {{BLP sources|date=May 2011}} {{Use Canadian English|date=September 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | image =  | image_size = 150px

| | name = Ronald Ouellette | caption = | birth_date = | birth_place = | assembly1 = New Brunswick Legislative | constituency_AM1 = Grand Falls-Drummond-Saint-André<br /><small>Grand Falls Region (2003-2006)</small> | term_start1 = June 9, 2003 | term_end1 = September 27, 2010 | predecessor1 = Jean-Guy Laforest | successor1 = Danny Soucy | party = Liberal | occupation = }}

'''Ronald Ouellette''' is a politician in the province of New Brunswick, Canada. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in 2003 and re-elected in 2006.

==Early life== After receiving his Bachelor of Education from the Université de Moncton, he began his teaching career. For many years, he taught special needs children. He held various positions during his 31 years as an educator, including vice-principal at John Caldwell School, and department head at the Polyvalente Thomas-Albert.

His interest in politics began as a teen when he sat on the student council of Collège Saint-Louis/Maillet. He was selected as the New Brunswick representative at the Convention Internationale de la Francophonie in Africa in 1968. From 1984 to 1987, he served as a councillor, before becoming the mayor of Grand Falls (1987 to 1992). He sat on the industrial commission for 11 years, including two years as president. He became president of the urban planning commission in 1999.

==Political career== In his first term he represented the electoral district of Grand Falls Region, following which he represented the slightly altered district of Grand Falls-Drummond-Saint-André.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/front/article/1008634|title=Defunct power deal means difficult challenges ahead|date=7 April 2010|work=The Daily Gleaner|accessdate=17 May 2011}}</ref>

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