Serge Rousselle

Serge Rousselle
MLA
Rousselle in 2017
Minister of Government Services
In office
September 5, 2017 – May 11, 2018
PremierBrian Gallant
Preceded byEd Doherty
Succeeded byBenoit Bourque
Minister of Environment and Local Government
In office
June 6, 2016 – May 11, 2018
PremierBrian Gallant
Preceded byBrian Kenny
Succeeded byAndrew Harvey
Attorney General of New Brunswick
In office
October 7, 2014 – May 11, 2018
PremierBrian Gallant
Preceded byTed Flemming
Succeeded byBrian Gallant
Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development
In office
October 7, 2014 – June 6, 2016
PremierBrian Gallant
Preceded byMarie-Claude Blais
Succeeded byBrian Kenny
Member of the
New Brunswick Legislative Assembly
for Tracadie-Sheila
In office
September 22, 2014 – 2018
Preceded byClaude Landry
Succeeded byKeith Chiasson
Personal details
Political partyLiberal

Serge Rousselle is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the 2014 provincial election.[1] He represented the electoral district of Tracadie-Sheila as a member of the Liberal Party until 2018, when he did not run for reelection and was succeeded by his former constituency assistant Keith Chiasson.

On October 7, 2014, Rousselle was appointed to the Executive Council of New Brunswick as Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development, and Attorney General.[2]

He holds undergraduate degrees in political science and law from the University of Ottawa as well as a Master of Law from the University of Cambridge and a Doctor of Law from McGill University. After being abroad for his studies, he returned to Tracadie, New Brunswick, and was a professor at the Université de Moncton law faculty from 1992 to 2014. He served as dean from 2000 to 2004.[3]

Rousselle has also held various positions in organizations at the provincial, federal, and international level. Among other positions, he was head of the Bureau des Amériques of the Agence universitaire de la Francophonie, was President of the Council of Canadian Law Deans as well as President of the Association des juristes d’expression française du Nouveau-Brunswick.[4]

Rousselle is the co-author of the book entitled "Éducation et droits collectifs : au-delà de l'article 23 de la Charte" (2003, Editions de la francophonie), which was awarded the 2003 France-Acadie award.[5]

  1. ^ "New Brunswick Votes 2014: Tracadie-Sheila". CBC News, September 23, 2014.
  2. ^ "Brian Gallant unveils his 13-person Liberal cabinet". CBC News. 7 October 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
  3. ^ "Serge Rousselle named co-chair of the 2018 New Brunswick Liberal re-election campaign – New Brunswick Liberal Association".
  4. ^ "Serge Rousselle named co-chair of the 2018 New Brunswick Liberal re-election campaign – New Brunswick Liberal Association".
  5. ^ "Amitiés France-Acadie". amitiesfranceacadie.org. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015.