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Gilles LePage
Minister of Tourism, Heritage, and Culture
In office
October 5, 2018 – November 8, 2018
Premier Brian Gallant
Preceded by John Ames
Succeeded by Robert Gauvin
Minister of Labour, Employment, and Population Growth
In office
September 5, 2017 – November 8, 2018
Premier Brian Gallant
Preceded by Donald Arseneault
Member of the
New Brunswick Legislative Assembly
for Restigouche West
Assumed office
September 22, 2014
Personal details
Political party Liberal

Gilles LePage is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the 2014 provincial election. [1] He represents the electoral district of Restigouche West as a member of the Liberal Party.

LePage was named Vice Chairman of the Select Committee on Cannabis, pursuant to Motion 31 of the 3rd session of the 58th New Brunswick Legislature. [2] He was a Minister in the Gallant administration.

On September 24, 2018, LePage was voted in again to be the MLA for the riding of Restigouche West. [3] He was re-elected in the 2020 provincial election.

Electoral record

Restigouche West

2020 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Gilles LePage 5,022 62.15 +9.62
Green Charles Thériault 1,755 21.72 -9.80
Progressive Conservative Louis Bérubé 1,247 15.43 +3.51
KISS Travis Pollock 56 0.69 -0.08
Total valid votes 8,080 100.00
Total rejected ballots 46 0.57
Turnout 8,126 71.03 +1.67
Eligible voters 11,440
Source: Elections New Brunswick [4]
2018 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Gilles LePage 4,233 52.53 -5.49
Green Charles Thériault 2,540 31.52
Progressive Conservative David Moreau 961 11.92 -8.16
New Democratic Beverly A. Mann 263 3.26 -0.86
KISS Travis Pollock 62 0.77
Total valid votes 8,059 100.00
Total rejected ballots 64 0.79
Turnout 8,123 69.36
Eligible voters 11,711
Source: Elections New Brunswick [5]
2014 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Gilles LePage 4,940 58.02
Progressive Conservative Martine Coulombe 1,710 20.08
Independent Charles Thériault 1,514 17.78
New Democratic Gilles Cyr 351 4.12
Total valid votes 8,515 100.0
Total rejected ballots 70 0.82
Turnout 8,585 73.00
Eligible voters 11,761
This riding (Restigouche West) was created from parts of Restigouche-La-Vallée, Campbellton-Restigouche Centre and Dalhousie-Restigouche East, which elected two Progressive Conservatives and one Liberal (Dalhousie-Restigouche East). Martine Coulombe was the incumbent from Restigouche-La-Vallée.
Source: Elections New Brunswick [6]

References

  1. ^ "New Brunswick Votes 2014: Restigouche West". CBC News, September 23, 2014.
  2. ^ "gnb.ca: "Select Committee on Cannabis"". Archived from the original on 2017-07-20. Retrieved 2017-08-01.
  3. ^ "New Brunswick Election Results CBC News". CBC.
  4. ^ "Unofficial Results". Elections NB. Archived from the original on 2020-09-16. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  5. ^ https://www.electionsnb.ca/content/dam/enb/pdf/2018ProvRpt.pdf [ bare URL PDF]
  6. ^ Elections New Brunswick (6 Oct 2014). "Declared Results, 2014 New Brunswick election". Archived from the original on 2014-10-14. Retrieved 15 Oct 2014.