Donald Arseneault

Donald Arseneault
MLA for Dalhousie-Restigouche East
Incumbent
Assumed office 2003
Preceded by	Dennis Furlong
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Born	Dalhousie, New Brunswick
Political party	Liberal

Donald Arseneault (born in Dalhousie, New Brunswick) is a New Brunswick politician. He is the member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick for the riding of Dalhousie-Restigouche East.

One of the youngest members of the legislature, Arseneault worked in the civil service before being elected in the 2003 election. He was named to the opposition shadow cabinet following the election as critic for both the Office of Human Resources and the Department of Intergovernmental and International Relations. He was elected caucus chair in 2004 and was shuffled to be critic for tourism in early 2005.

He was re-elected in 2006 and his party formed the government and he became Minister of Natural Resources. He also chairs a cabinet committee on forestry issues consisting of fellow ministers Victor Boudreau, Greg Byrne and Jack Keir. ^[1] On November 12, 2008, he became minister of post-secondary education, training and labour.^[1]

Sources

• ^ Derwin Gowan, Cabinet committee will tackle forestry issues, Telegraph-Journal. Page A2, October 12, 2006.

References

1. ^ http://www.gnb.ca/cnb/news/ex/2008e1667ex.htm

Provincial Government of Shawn Graham
Cabinet Posts (2)
Predecessor	Office	Successor
Ed Doherty	Minister of Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour 2008–	incumbent
Keith Ashfield	Minister of Natural Resources 2006–2008	Wally Stiles
Special Cabinet Responsibilities
Predecessor	Title	Successor
Dale Graham	Deputy Premier of New Brunswick (2006-2010)	Paul Robichaud
Roland Haché	Minister responsible for the Northern New Brunswick Initiative (2009–)	incumbent

Preceded by Scott Targett

Chair of the Liberal caucus 2004-2006

Succeeded by Rick Miles

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Name	Arseneault, Donald
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Place of birth	Dalhousie, New Brunswick
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