Robert Gauvin
MLA
Deputy Premier of New Brunswick
In office
November 9, 2018 – February 14, 2020
PremierBlaine Higgs
Preceded byStephen Horsman
Minister of Tourism, Heritage, and Culture
In office
November 9, 2018 – February 14, 2020
PremierBlaine Higgs
Preceded byGilles LePage
Succeeded byBruce Fitch
Member of the
New Brunswick Legislative Assembly
for Shediac Bay-Dieppe
Assumed office
September 14, 2020
Preceded byBrian Gallant
Member of the
New Brunswick Legislative Assembly
for Shippagan-Lamèque-Miscou
In office
September 24, 2018 – August 17, 2020
Preceded byWilfred Roussel
Succeeded byEric Mallet
Personal details
Born1968 (age 55–56)[1]
Caraquet, New Brunswick[1]
Political partyLiberal (2020–present)
Other political
affiliations		Independent (Feb–Aug 2020) Progressive Conservative (until 2020)
SpouseÉmilie LaBranche[1]
Parent

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.

Political career

Gauvin in 2019

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.

Electoral history

2020 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalRobert Gauvin5,83960.14-6.95
Progressive ConservativeMathieu Gérald Caissie2,97130.60+15.87
New DemocraticDelphine Daigle5285.44-2.88
People's AlliancePhillip Coombes3713.82
Total valid votes 3,709100.00
Total rejected ballots 540.55+0.02
Turnout 9,76371.49+3.42
Eligible voters 13,657
Liberal hold Swing -11.41
Source: Elections New Brunswick[6]
2018 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeRobert Gauvin4,04846.25+0.65
LiberalWilfred Roussel3,94945.12-0.98
New DemocraticAlbert Rousselle5786.60+0.90
IndependentPhilippe Tisseuil1782.03
Total valid votes 8,75398.76
Total rejected ballots 1101.24+0.90
Turnout 8,86379.64+2.91
Eligible voters 11,129
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +0.82

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Hon. Robert Gauvin". New Brunswick Legislature. Retrieved 2019-08-29.
  2. ↑ "Liberals hang on to most of north, but lose a minister". CBC News New Brunswick, September 25, 2018.
  3. ↑ Poitras, Jacques (14 February 2020). "Gauvin sits as an independent as Higgs debates calling an election". CBC News. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  4. ↑ Poitras, Jacques (18 August 2020). "Former PC cabinet minister runs for Liberals in Shediac Bay-Dieppe". CBC News. CBC/Radio-Canada. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  5. ↑ Leger, Isabelle (January 30, 2022). "Robert Gauvin joining the race for provincial Liberal leadership". CBC News. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
  6. ↑ "Unofficial Results". Elections NB. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
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