Brian Gallant

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Brian Gallant

33rd Premier of New Brunswick
Assumed office
October 7, 2014
MonarchElizabeth II
Lieutenant GovernorGraydon Nicholas
Jocelyne Roy-Vienneau
Preceded byDavid Alward
Attorney General of New Brunswick
Assumed office
May 11, 2018
Preceded bySerge Rousselle
Leader of the Opposition of New Brunswick
In office
April 30, 2013 – October 7, 2014
Preceded byVictor Boudreau
Succeeded byBruce Fitch
Leader of the New Brunswick Liberal Association
Assumed office
October 27, 2012
Preceded byShawn Graham
Victor Boudreau (interim)
Member of the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly
for Shediac Bay-Dieppe
Kent (2013-2014)
Assumed office
April 15, 2013
Preceded byShawn Graham[1]
Personal details
Born
Brian Alexander Gallant

(1982-04-27) April 27, 1982 (age 41)
Shediac Bridge, New Brunswick
Political partyLiberal
Spouse(s)
Karine Lavoie (m. 2017)
OccupationPolitician, Lawyer

Brian Alexander Gallant (born April 27, 1982) is a Canadian politician. He is the 33rd and current Premier of New Brunswick since October 7, 2014.[2] Before, he was Leader of the Opposition.

At age 32, he was the second youngest Premier of New Brunswick to assume office. Currently, at age 41, Gallant is the youngest premier in Canada.

References[change | change source]

  1. Member for Kent, riding was split for the next election and Gallant ran in new seat of Shediac Bay-Dieppe
  2. "Brian Gallant". Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick. May 1, 2013. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved September 24, 2014.