Serge Rousselle

The Honourable
Serge Rousselle
MLA
Attorney General of New Brunswick
Assumed office
October 7, 2014
Premier Brian Gallant
Preceded by Ted Flemming
Minister of Education
Assumed office
October 7, 2014
Premier Brian Gallant
Preceded by Marie-Claude Blais
Member of the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly
for Tracadie-Sheila
Assumed office
September 22, 2014
Preceded by Claude Landry
Personal details
Political party Liberal

Serge Rousselle is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the 2014 provincial election.[1] He represents the electoral district of Tracadie-Sheila as a member of the Liberal Party.

On October 7, 2014, Rousselle was appointed to the Executive Council of New Brunswick as Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development, and Attorney General.[2]

He holds undergraduate degrees in political science and law from the University of Ottawa as well as a Master of Law from the University of Cambridge and a Doctor of Law from McGill University. After being abroad for his studies, he returned to Tracadie, New Brunswick, and was a professor at the Université de Moncton law faculty from 1992 to 2014. He served as dean from 2000 to 2004.[3]

Mr. Rousselle has also held various positions in organizations at the provincial, federal, and international level. Among other positions, he was head of the Bureau des Amériques of the Agence universitaire de la Francophonie, was President of the Council of Canadian Law Deans as well as President of the Association des juristes d’expression française du Nouveau-Brunswick.[4]

Serge Rousselle is the co-author of the book entitled "Éducation et droits collectifs : au-delà de l'article 23 de la Charte" (2003, Editions de la francophonie), which was awarded the 2003 France-Acadie award.[5]

Election results

New Brunswick general election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
LiberalSerge Rousselle 5,916 64.61 +45.65
Progressive ConservativeClaude Landry 2,195 23.97 -24.86
New DemocraticFrançois Rousselle 861 9.40 -22.81
GreenNancy Benoit 121 1.32
IndependentDonald Thomas 64 0.70
Total valid votes 9,157100.0  
Total rejected ballots 300.33
Turnout 9,18776.92
Eligible voters 11,943
Liberal notional gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +35.26
[6]
New Brunswick general election, 2006: Tracadie-Sheila
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
Progressive ConservativeClaude Landry 4,043 53.38 -2.94
LiberalSerge Rousselle 3,281 43.32 +7.76
IndependentStéphane Richardson 250 3.30
Total valid votes 7,574
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 1351.75-0.39
Turnout 7,70984.87-0.24
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -5.35
Independent candidate Stéphane Richardson earned 4.82% fewer votes than when he ran for the New Democratic Party in 2003. Changes are not based on redistributed results.[7]
Canadian federal election, 2004: Acadie—Bathurst
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
New DemocraticYvon Godin 23,857 53.93 +7.26 $61,745.98
LiberalSerge Rousselle 14,452 32.67 -7.75 $60,252.15
ConservativeJoel Bernard 4,841 10.94 -1.97 $51,943.73
GreenMario Lanteigne 1,085 2.45 $7,040.66
Total valid votes/Expense limit 44,235100.0   $71,582
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 5271.18-0.04
Turnout 44,76270.38-4.99
Eligible voters 63,603
New Democratic notional hold Swing +7.50
Changes from 2000 are based on redistributed results. Conservative Party change is based on the combination of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party totals.
New Brunswick general election, 1999: Tracadie-Sheila
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
Progressive ConservativeElvy Robichaud 5,453 62.94 +11.48
LiberalSerge Rousselle 2,926 33.77 -12.67
New DemocraticClaudette Duguay 285 3.29 +1.19
Total valid votes 8,664
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +12.08

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