Rick Doucet, born in Sussex, New Brunswick

Sussex, New Brunswick

Sussex is a Canadian town in Kings County, New Brunswick.Sussex straddles the Kennebecasis River, 70 km northeast of Saint John, and is a major dairy products producer in the province...

, is a New Brunswick

New Brunswick

New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...

 businessman and politician

Politician

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. He currently represents the riding of Charlotte-The Isles

Charlotte-The Isles

Charlotte-The Isles is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada.-History:It was created in 2006 as a result of a merger of the old district of Charlotte with the district of Fundy Isles less Campobello Island which moved from Fundy Isles to the new...

 in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick

Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick

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. Rick lives in St. George with his wife and two children, Nicole and Jonathan.

Doucet has had a varied career working in the air industry both as a marketing and sales official with a commercial airline and later as a cargo pilot

Aviator

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. He started his own series of businesses in 1989 eventually working simultaneously in the restaurant

Restaurant

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, photography

Photography

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 and advertising

Advertising

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 industries.

A Liberal

New Brunswick Liberal Association

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, he was a member of the opposition shadow cabinet

Shadow Cabinet

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. He was critic for the Department of Energy

Department of Energy (New Brunswick)

The Department of Energy is a part of the Government of New Brunswick. It is charged with the administration of New Brunswick's energy policy including electricity, natural gas and refined petroleum products....

 from his first election in June 2003

New Brunswick general election, 2003

The 35th New Brunswick general election was held on June 9, 2003, to elect 55 members to the 55th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly, the governing house of the province of New Brunswick, Canada...

 until becoming critic for Fisheries & Aquaculture

Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Aquaculture (New Brunswick)

The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Aquaculture was a part of the Government of New Brunswick. It was charged with the development and support of food production and economic development through such sectors of the economy....

 in February, 2005.

Doucet received favourable media attention when, shortly following his appointment as Energy Critic, he toured the province to visit all of its power generation facilities at his own expense.

He was re-elected in the 2006 election

New Brunswick general election, 2006

The 36th New Brunswick general election was held on September 18, 2006, to elect 55 members to the 56th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly, the governing house of the province of New Brunswick, Canada....

 following which he joined the cabinet

Executive Council of New Brunswick

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