Brian Gallant

Brian Gallant
Gallant in 2017
33rd Premier of New Brunswick
In office
October 7, 2014 – November 9, 2018
MonarchElizabeth II
Lieutenant GovernorGraydon Nicholas
Jocelyne Roy-Vienneau
DeputyStephen Horsman
Preceded byDavid Alward
Succeeded byBlaine Higgs
Attorney General of New Brunswick
In office
May 11, 2018 – November 9, 2018
PremierHimself
Preceded bySerge Rousselle
Succeeded byAndrea Anderson-Mason
Leader of the Opposition of New Brunswick
In office
November 9, 2018 – February 14, 2019
Preceded byBlaine Higgs
Succeeded byDenis Landry
In office
April 30, 2013 – October 7, 2014
Preceded byVictor Boudreau
Succeeded byBruce Fitch
Leader of the New Brunswick Liberal Association
In office
October 27, 2012 – February 12, 2019
Preceded byShawn Graham
Victor Boudreau (interim)
Succeeded byDenis Landry
Member of the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly
for Shediac Bay-Dieppe
Kent (2013–2014)
In office
April 15, 2013 – October 7, 2019
Preceded byShawn Graham[1]
Succeeded byRobert Gauvin
Personal details
Born
Brian Alexander Gallant

(1982-04-27) April 27, 1982 (age 42)
Shediac Bridge, New Brunswick, Canada
Political partyNew Brunswick Liberal Association
Spouse
Karine Lavoie
(m. 2017)
EducationUniversité de Moncton (BBA, LLB)
McGill University (LLM)
OccupationPolitician, Lawyer
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Brian Alexander Gallant KC (born April 27, 1982) is a Canadian retired politician who served as the 33rd premier of New Brunswick from October 7, 2014, until November 9, 2018. Of Acadian and Dutch descent, Gallant practised as a lawyer before winning the Liberal leadership in October 2012, securing the riding of Kent in a by-election on April 15, 2013, shortly followed by his swearing in as Leader of the Opposition. After the 2014 election, in which the Progressive Conservative government of David Alward was defeated, Gallant was sworn in as Premier at the age of 32.

Gallant announced on November 15, 2018, that he would be stepping down as Liberal leader as soon as a leadership election was held to choose his successor.[2] He resigned as MLA for Shediac Bay-Dieppe on October 7, 2019.[3][4]

At age 32, he was the second youngest Premier of New Brunswick to assume office (George Edwin King became premier at age 30 in 1870). When Gallant left office at age 36, he was the youngest premier in Canada at the time and second youngest in history.[5]

Gallant is CEO of the Canadian Centre for the Purpose of the Corporation, a research think tank.[6]

  1. ^ Member for Kent, riding was split for the next election and Gallant ran in new seat of Shediac Bay-Dieppe
  2. ^ "Brian Gallant to make resignation announcement official at news conference today | Regional | News | the Guardian". Archived from the original on 2018-11-15. Retrieved 2018-11-15.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference rye was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Legistrature of New Brunswick, Canada. "59th Legislative Assembly Biographies". www1.gnb.ca. Archived from the original on 2019-10-09. Retrieved 2019-10-20.
  5. ^ "McGill grad is Canada's youngest premier". mcgillnews.mcgill.ca. Retrieved 2022-01-26.[dead link]
  6. ^ "Brian Gallant". Navigator. 2021-08-27. Retrieved 2022-01-26.