Kevin Arseneau
MLA
Kevin Arseneau in 2023

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Photo: Trevor Morris
Member of the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly
for Kent North
Assumed office
September 24, 2018
Preceded byBertrand LeBlanc
Personal details
Born (1985-08-25) August 25, 1985
Robertville, New Brunswick, Canada
Political partyGreen Party of New Brunswick
ResidenceNouvelle-Arcadie, New Brunswick
Alma materUniversité de Moncton
OccupationPeasant farmer and teacher

Kevin Arseneau is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the 2018 election.[1] He represents the electoral district of Kent North as a member of the Green Party.[2][3][4] He is the first Acadian to be elected as a third-party MLA in New Brunswick as well as the first Francophone in North America to be elected under the Green Party banner.

Early life and education

Arseneau was born on August 25, 1985, in Robertville, New Brunswick. In 2003, he graduated from École Secondaire Népisiguit in Bathurst. He holds an education degree from the Université de Moncton with a major in geography and a minor in history. He also has a diploma in adventure tourism from the Cégep de la Gaspésie et des Îles.[5]

Career

Arseneau is a farmer and member of the Ferme Terre Partagée workers’ cooperative, a farm that produces organic fruit and vegetables and raises animals humanely, and which received an award in 2018 from RDÉE Canada (Réseau de développement économique et d’employabilité) in the young entrepreneur category. He is also a storyteller and musician who has given hundreds of performances in New Brunswick, elsewhere in Canada, and in Europe. He has also taught at École W.-F.-Boisvert, in Rogersville, and contributed to implementing a philosophy program for children in kindergarten to Grade 4 classes, in cooperation with the Université de Moncton.[5]

He previously chaired the Rogersville Local Service District Advisory Committee and was President of the Société de l’Acadie du Nouveau-Brunswick (SANB). He has served on the boards of the Kent Regional Service Commission, the Société nationale de l’Acadie (SNA), the Fédération des communautés francophones et acadienne du Canada (FCFA), and the Rogersville Cooperative. He was President of the Fédération des étudiants et étudiantes du Centre universitaire de Moncton (FÉÉCUM) and served on the Équiterre family farmers network follow-up committee.[5]

Political career

He was first elected on September 24, 2018, to represent the riding of Kent North and reelected in the 2020 provincial election.

Arseneau is critic for the second opposition group in the following areas: developing and strengthening communities; food sovereignty; fiscal, economic, and social justice. He is a member of the Legislative Administration Committee, the Standing Committee on Estimates and Fiscal Policy, and the Standing Committee on Economic Policy.[5]

Electoral record

2020 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
GreenKevin Arseneau4,02147.47+1.55
LiberalBertrand LeBlanc2,93334.62-2.74
Progressive ConservativeStephen Robertson1,36316.09+3.50
IndependentRoger Richard1541.82-1.94
Total valid votes 8,471
Total rejected ballots 150.18-0.33
Turnout 8,48669.44-2.70
Eligible voters 12,220
Green hold Swing +2.15
Source: Elections New Brunswick[6]
2018 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
GreenKevin Arseneau4,05645.91%
LiberalEmery Comeau3,30137.37%
Progressive ConservativeKatie Robertson1,11212.59%
IndependentRoger Richard1942.20%
New DemocraticNeil Gardner1711.94%
Total valid votes 8,834100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters

References

  1. ↑ Kalvapalle, Rahul. "David Coon retains Fredericton South as New Brunswick Greens pick up three seats". Global News. Retrieved 2020-07-01.
  2. ↑ Poitras, Jacques (18 October 2018). "Ties matter: Green MLA will represent New Brunswickers by sporting their neckties | CBC News". CBC. Fredericton, NB: CBC. Archived from the original on 19 October 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  3. ↑ Doiron, Jean-Marc (25 September 2018). "Kevin Arseneau cause la surprise dans Kent-Nord - Acadie Nouvelle". Acadie Nouvelle (in French). Acadie Nouvelle. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  4. ↑ Bissett, Kevin (10 October 2018). "N.B. Greens say no deal with Liberals, Tories as legislature resumes Oct. 23". CTV News. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Member of the Legislative Assembly : Kevin Arseneau - Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick". www.legnb.ca. Retrieved 2022-02-01.
  6. ↑ "Provincial Election Results". Elections New Brunswick. Archived from the original on 2020-09-16. Retrieved 14 September 2020.


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