Herb Breau | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Fisheries and Oceans | |
| In office June 30, 1984 – September 16, 1984 | |
| Prime Minister | John Turner |
| Preceded by | Pierre de Bané |
| Succeeded by | John Allen Fraser |
| Member of Parliament forGloucester | |
| In office June 25, 1968 – September 3, 1984 | |
| Preceded by | Hédard Robichaud |
| Succeeded by | Roger Clinch |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1944-12-05)December 5, 1944 (age 80) Haut-Sheila,New Brunswick, Canada |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Occupation | Business Manager |
| Committees | Chair, Special Committee on the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements (1980-1983) Chair, Special Committee on North-South Relations (1980-1983) |
| Portfolio | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Industry, Trade and Commerce (1972-1973) Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources (1974) Parliamentary Secretary to the Secretary of State for External Affairs (1974-1975) |
Herb BreauPC (born December 5, 1944) is aCanadian businessman and former politician.
Born inHaut-Sheila,New Brunswick, Breau was aLiberalMember of Parliament (MP) representingGloucester from the1968 election until his defeat in the1984 election that reduced the Liberalcaucus to only 40 MPs.
Breau served as aparliamentary secretary in the 1970s. He served as chairman of the Parliamentary Task Forces on North-South Relations and on Fiscal Federalism in Canada, chairman of the Parliamentary Association of Canada-United States from 1977 to 1981, and a member of theTrilateral Commission from 1981 to 1984.
Breau was appointed toCabinet asMinister of Fisheries and Oceans whenJohn Turner becamePrime Minister of Canada in June 1984. His ministerial career ended just over two months later as a result of the election that defeated the Turner government.
He entered the private sector following the end of his political career, and has most recently been an executive at Syscan International, serving as Acting Chief Executive Officer from 2000 to 2001.
Breau served on the board of governors of theInternational Development Research Centre (IDRC) in the 1990s as an appointee of the federal government.
Breau currently serves on the board of directors of the Pearson Centre for Progressive Policy.[1]
| 1984 Canadian federal election:Gloucester | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Roger Clinch | 23,524 | 55.12 | +35.51 | ||||
| Liberal | Herb Breau | 16,378 | 38.38 | -25.29 | ||||
| New Democratic | Valentine Ward | 2,188 | 5.13 | -7.71 | ||||
| Independent | Fernand Losier | 584 | 1.37 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 42,674 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservativegain fromLiberal | Swing | +30.40 | ||||||
| 1980 Canadian federal election:Gloucester | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Herb Breau | 22,229 | 63.67 | +12.06 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Arthur Savoie | 6,846 | 19.61 | -19.33 | ||||
| New Democratic | Kevin O'Connell | 4,484 | 12.84 | +3.39 | ||||
| Rhinoceros | Jules César Boudreau | 736 | 2.11 | |||||
| Rhinoceros | Amédé "le Terrible" Boucher | 362 | 1.04 | |||||
| Independent | Rose-Hélène Aubé | 197 | 0.56 | |||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Gary Zatzman | 59 | 0.17 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 34,913 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Liberalhold | Swing | +15.7% | ||||||
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| 1979 Canadian federal election:Gloucester | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Herb Breau | 18,387 | 51.61 | -5.44 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Gastien Godin | 13,872 | 38.94 | +15.79 | ||||
| New Democratic | Kevin O'Connell | 3,366 | 9.45 | +3.51 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 35,625 | 100.00 | ||||||
| 1974 Canadian federal election:Gloucester | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Herb Breau | 16,195 | 57.05 | +6.44 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Gérard Arseneau | 6,571 | 23.15 | -1.47 | ||||
| Social Credit | Lomer Basque | 3,935 | 13.86 | -2.12 | ||||
| New Democratic | Yvon Guignard | 1,685 | 5.94 | +4.08 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 28,386 | 100.00 | ||||||
| 1972 Canadian federal election:Gloucester | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Herb Breau | 14,212 | 50.61 | -4.42 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Paul Duval | 6,914 | 24.62 | -15.81 | ||||
| Social Credit | Lomer Basque | 4,487 | 15.98 | Ø | ||||
| Independent | Percy W. Cormier | 1,109 | 3.95 | |||||
| Independent | Mathilda Blanchard | 839 | 2.99 | |||||
| New Democratic | Joe Corbin | 521 | 1.86 | -2.68 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 28,082 | 100.00 | ||||||
| 1968 Canadian federal election:Gloucester | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Herb Breau | 12,196 | 55.03 | -5.58 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Frédéric Arsenault | ,8960 | 40.43 | +13.17 | ||||
| New Democratic | Florian Robichaud | 1,007 | 4.54 | -7.59 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 22,163 | 100.00 | ||||||