Rose-May Poirier

The Honourable
Rose-May Poirier
The Honourable Rose-May Poirier
	Poirier speaking with Andrew Scheer in 2017
Canadian Senator; for Saint-Louis-de-Kent, New Brunswick
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; February 28, 2010
Nominated by	Stephen Harper
Appointed by	Michaëlle Jean
Minister responsible for Human Resources
	In office; June 9, 2003 – September 18, 2006
Premier	Bernard Lord
Member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick; for Rogersville-Kouchibouguac
	In office; June 21, 1999 – February 27, 2010
Preceded by	Kenneth Johnson
Succeeded by	Bertrand LeBlanc
Personal details
Born	March 2, 1954 (age 70); Chatham, New Brunswick, Canada
Political party	Conservative (Federal)
Other political; affiliations	Progressive Conservative (Provincial)

Rose-May Poirier (born March 2, 1954) is a Canadian politician from New Brunswick. She has been a member of the Senate of Canada since February 28, 2010. Previously, she served as member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick for Rogersville-Kouchibouguac from 1999 to 2010 and municipal councillor in Saint-Louis-de-Kent from 1993 to 1999.

A Progressive Conservative, she was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the 1999 provincial election defeating Liberal candidate Maurice Richard by just over 100 votes – the closest result of the election. She faced Richard again in the 2003 election and defeated him by 321 votes.

Poirier joined the New Brunswick cabinet following the 2003 election as minister responsible for the Office of Human Resources and retained that post until a cabinet shuffle in early 2006 when she became Minister of Local Government and Minister responsible for Aboriginal Affairs.

She was re-elected in 2006 in which her party's government was defeated and went into opposition.

On January 29, 2010, she was appointed to fill a vacant New Brunswick seat in the Canadian Senate by Prime Minister Stephen Harper.^[1] Her appointment became effective February 28, 2010.^[2] Unlike the other four senators named on January 29, Poirier's appointment was delayed a month so that the government of New Brunswick would not have to call a by-election to replace her just months before the 2010 provincial election.^[3]

References

^ "Ontario's Runciman among 5 new senators". Toronto Star, January 29, 2010.
^ "Harper names five to Senate". National Post, January 29, 2010.
^ "Tory MLA Rose-May Poirier named to Senate". The Daily Gleaner, January 30, 2010.

Cabinet posts (2)
New Brunswick provincial government of Bernard Lord
Predecessor	Office	Successor
Trevor Holder	Minister of Local Government 2006 Holder served as Minister of Environment and Local Government	Victor Boudreau
Rodney Weston	Minister of Human Resources 2003–2006 Weston served as Minister responsible for Human Resources	Dale Graham
Special Cabinet Responsibilities
Predecessor	Title	Successor
Brad Green	Minister responsible for Aboriginal Affairs 2006	Ed Doherty

[1] "Ontario's Runciman among 5 new senators". Toronto Star, January 29, 2010.

[2] "Harper names five to Senate". National Post, January 29, 2010.

[3] "Tory MLA Rose-May Poirier named to Senate". The Daily Gleaner, January 30, 2010.

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v t e Current members of the Senate of Canada
Presiding officers: Speaker: Raymonde Gagné Speaker pro tempore: Pierrette Ringuette
AB	■ Fridhandler ■ LaBoucane-Benson ■ Simons ■ Sorensen ■ Tannas ■ K. Wells
BC	■ Busson ■ Greenwood ■ Martin ■ Woo 2 vacancies
MB	■ Adler ■ Gagné ■ McCallum ■ McPhedran ■ Osler ■ Plett
NB	■ Boudreau ■ Cormier ■ Hartling ■ Kingston ■ McNair ■ Poirier ■ Quinn ■ Richards ■ Ringuette ■ Ross
NL	■ Manning ■ Marshall ■ Petten ■ Ravalia ■ D. Wells ■ White
NS	■ Aucoin ■ Bernard ■ Cordy ■ Coyle ■ Cuzner ■ C. Deacon ■ Kutcher ■ MacDonald ■ Prosper 1 vacancy
ON	■ Al Zaibak ■ Ataullahjan ■ Black ■ Boehm ■ Boniface ■ Boyer ■ Burey ■ Cardozo ■ Clement ■ Dasko ■ M. Deacon ■ Dean ■ Harder ■ McBean ■ Moncion ■ Moodie ■ Omidvar ■ Pate ■ R. Patterson ■ Senior ■ Varone ■ Yussuff 1 vacancy
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SK	■ Arnot ■ Batters ■ Cotter ■ Klyne ■ Muggli ■ Wallin
Territories	NT ■ Anderson NU 1 vacancy YT ■ Duncan
■ Independent Senators Group (42) ■ Canadian Senators Group (18) ■ Progressive Senate Group (14) ■ Conservative (12) ■ Non-affiliated (10) vacant (8)

v t e Senate Standing Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology
Chair	Ratna Omidvar
Deputy Chair	Patricia Bovey
Members	Wanda Thomas Bernard Donna Dasko Stan Kutcher Marilou McPhedran Rosemary Moodie Dennis Patterson Chantal Petitclerc Rose-May Poirier Josée Verner

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