Hédard Albert, is a New Brunswick

New Brunswick

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 politician

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Albert worked for 35 years at the CCNB (francophone

Francophone

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 branch of the New Brunswick Community College

New Brunswick Community College

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 system) fisheries

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 school where he taught, conducted research and served as school administrator. He was also involved in Canadian International Development Agency

Canadian International Development Agency

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 programs to develop fisheries abroard.

He was elected as a Liberal

New Brunswick Liberal Association

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 to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick

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 in the 2003 general election

New Brunswick general election, 2003

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 to represent the riding of Caraquet

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 and was re-elected in 2006

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Following the 2003 election, he served in the opposition shadow cabinet

Shadow Cabinet

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 as critic for Intergovernmental and International Relations, Official Languages

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 and Culture & Sport.

Following the 2006 election, he became a cabinet minister

Executive Council of New Brunswick

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