Robert Gauvin | |
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| Deputy Premier of New Brunswick | |
| In office November 9, 2018 – February 14, 2020 | |
| Premier | Blaine Higgs |
| Preceded by | Stephen Horsman |
| Minister of Tourism, Heritage, and Culture | |
| In office November 9, 2018 – February 14, 2020 | |
| Premier | Blaine Higgs |
| Preceded by | Gilles LePage |
| Succeeded by | Bruce Fitch |
| Member of the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly for Shediac Bay-Dieppe | |
| Assumed office September 14, 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Brian Gallant |
| Member of the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly for Shippagan-Lamèque-Miscou | |
| In office September 24, 2018 – August 17, 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Wilfred Roussel |
| Succeeded by | Eric Mallet |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1968 (age 55–56)[1] Caraquet, New Brunswick[1] |
| Political party | Liberal (2020–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Independent (Feb–Aug 2020) Progressive Conservative (until 2020) |
| Spouse | Émilie LaBranche[1] |
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Robert Gauvin is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the 2018 New Brunswick general election. He currently represents the riding of Shediac Bay-Dieppe as a member of the New Brunswick Liberal Association.
Gauvin was first elected in the 2018 election as the Progressive Conservative MLA for Shippagan-Lamèque-Miscou.[2] The Progressive Conservatives formed a minority government after the election, at which point Blaine Higgs appointed Gauvin to the Executive Council of New Brunswick as Deputy Premier, Minister of Tourism, Heritage, and Culture, and Minister responsible for La Francophonie.
On February 14, 2020, he resigned from cabinet and the Progressive Conservative caucus to sit as an Independent MLA, citing Higgs' health reforms, including the nighttime closure of six hospital emergency rooms; in announcing his resignation, Gauvin called those reforms "an attack on rural New Brunswick."[3]
On August 18, 2020, ahead of the 2020 election, he announced he was joining the Liberal Party and would run as their in Shediac Bay-Dieppe, a riding previously represented by former Liberal Premier Brian Gallant.[4] He was re-elected in 2020, in which Higgs' Progressive Conservatives won a majority government.
On January 30, 2022, Gauvin announced his campaign for leader of the New Brunswick Liberal Association following Kevin Vickers' 2020 resignation. The election took place on August 6, 2022,[5] and Gauvin was eliminated on the second round of balloting, finishing third in the contest.
Gauvin is the son of former New Brunswick MLA Jean Gauvin.
| 2020 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Robert Gauvin | 5,839 | 60.14 | -6.95 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Mathieu Gérald Caissie | 2,971 | 30.60 | +15.87 | ||||
| New Democratic | Delphine Daigle | 528 | 5.44 | -2.88 | ||||
| People's Alliance | Phillip Coombes | 371 | 3.82 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 3,709 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 54 | 0.55 | +0.02 | |||||
| Turnout | 9,763 | 71.49 | +3.42 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 13,657 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -11.41 | ||||||
| Source: Elections New Brunswick[6] | ||||||||
| 2018 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Robert Gauvin | 4,048 | 46.25 | +0.65 | ||||
| Liberal | Wilfred Roussel | 3,949 | 45.12 | -0.98 | ||||
| New Democratic | Albert Rousselle | 578 | 6.60 | +0.90 | ||||
| Independent | Philippe Tisseuil | 178 | 2.03 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 8,753 | 98.76 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 110 | 1.24 | +0.90 | |||||
| Turnout | 8,863 | 79.64 | +2.91 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 11,129 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +0.82 | ||||||
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