Rick Doucet
| Rick Doucet | |
|---|---|
| MLA for Charlotte | |
| In office 2003–2006 | |
| Preceded by | Sheldon Lee |
| Succeeded by | riding dissolved |
| MLA for Charlotte-The Isles | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 2006 | |
| Preceded by | new district |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Liberal |
Rick Doucet (born in Sussex, New Brunswick) is a New Brunswick businessman and politician. He currently represents the riding of Charlotte-The Isles in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick. Rick lives in St. George with his wife and two children, Nicole and Jonathan.
Doucet has had a varied career working in the air industry both as a marketing and sales official with a commercial airline and later as a cargo pilot. He started his own series of businesses in 1989 eventually working simultaneously in the restaurant, photography and advertising industries.
A Liberal, he was a member of the opposition shadow cabinet. He was critic for the Department of Energy from his first election in June 2003 until becoming critic for Fisheries & Aquaculture in February, 2005.
Doucet received favourable media attention when, shortly following his appointment as Energy Critic, he toured the province to visit all of its power generation facilities at his own expense.
He was re-elected in the 2006 election following which he joined the cabinet.
References
| Provincial Government of Shawn Graham | ||
| Cabinet Post (1) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Predecessor | Office | Successor |
| David Alward | Minister of Fisheries 2006– previously part of the responsibilities of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Aquaculture and thereafter of the Minister of Agriculture, Aquaculture and Fisheries |
Michael Olscamp |
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