{{Short description|Canadian politician and teacher (1946–2023)}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | image =<!-- only free-content images are allowed for depicting living people — see WP:NONFREE -->
| | name = Roy Boudreau | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date|1946|10|24}} | birth_place = Campbellton, New Brunswick, Canada | death_date = {{death date and age|2023|09|29|1946|10|24}} | death_place = | spouse = Paulette Lurette | office1 = Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick | term_start1 = 2007 | term_end1 = 2010 | predecessor1 = Eugene McGinley | successor1 = Dale Graham | office2 = MLA for Campbellton-Restigouche Centre<br /> <small>Campbellton (2003-2006)</small> | term_start2 = 2003 | term_end2 = 2010 | predecessor2 = Jean F. Dubé | successor2 = Greg Davis | party = Liberal | occupation = School teacher }}
'''Roy Boudreau''' (October 24, 1946 – September 29, 2023) was a Canadian teacher and politician in New Brunswick. From 2003 to 2010, he was the member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick for the riding of Campbellton-Restigouche Centre.
==Life and career== Boudreau was educated at the New Brunswick Teachers’ College and the Université de Moncton, receiving a B. Ed. from the latter institution. He was a teacher for 33 years, the latter years of which he was a vice-principal and principal. He was elected to Campbellton city council in 2001 after an unsuccessful bid in 1998.
A Liberal, he was elected to the legislature in 2003 for the district of Campbellton. He served in the opposition shadow cabinet at various times as critic for Department of Tourism and Parks, the Culture and Sport Secretariat, the anglophone section of the Department of Education and the Department of Family and Community Services.
Boudreau was re-elected to the slightly altered district of Campbellton-Restigouche Centre in the 2006 election in which his Liberal Party formed the government. He was named deputy speaker on October 16, 2006<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gnb.ca/cnb/news/leg/2006e1265la.htm |title=Deputy speakers named |date=October 16, 2006 |publisher=Government of New Brunswick}}</ref> and elected speaker on November 27, 2007.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gnb.ca/cnb/news/leg/2007e1529la.htm |title=Election of new speaker |publisher=Government of New Brunswick |date=November 27, 2007}}</ref>
In the 2010 election, Boudreau was defeated by Progressive Conservative candidate Greg Davis.<ref>[http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/n-b-tories-win-majority-government-1.905539 "N.B. Tories win majority government"]. CBC News, September 28, 2010. Retrieved 2014-06-04.</ref><ref>[http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nbvotes2010/ridings/001/ "New Brunswick Votes – Campbellton-Restigouche Centre"]. CBC News, September 28, 2010.</ref>
Boudreau died on September 29, 2023, at the age of 76.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Boisvert |first1=Jean-François |title=Décès de Roy Boudreau, ancien président de l’Assemblée législative |url=https://www.acadienouvelle.com/actualites/2023/10/03/deces-de-roy-boudreau-ancien-president-de-lassemblee-legislative/ |access-date=9 October 2023 |publisher=Acadie Nouvelle |date=3 October 2023}}</ref>
==References== * {{cite web |url=http://www1.gnb.ca/legis/bios1/bio-E.asp?idno=128&version=e |title=Hon. Roy Boudreau, C.D. |work=MLA Bios - 56th Legislature |publisher=Government of New Brunswick |accessdate=2009-12-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100106144948/http://www1.gnb.ca/legis/bios1/bio-e.asp?idNo=128&version=e |archivedate=2010-01-06 }} {{reflist}}
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