Minister of State (Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency) (La Francophonie)

The Honorable Bernard Valcourt is a barrister and solicitor practicing law at the City of Edmundston, New Brunswick. He has served as Member of Parliament for the electoral district of Madawaska-Victoria from 1984 to 1993. Shortly after his election to the House of Commons in 1984, Mr. Valcourt has served as Parliamentary secretary to the Minister of State (Science and Technology) and the Minister of National Revenue. On June 30th, 1986, Mr. Valcourt was summoned to the Queen's Privy Council for Canada and until 1993 he successively served in the Twenty-Fourth and the Twenty-Fifth Ministry as Minister of Sate (Small Businesses and Tourism), Minister of State (Indian Affairs and Northern Development), Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, Minister of Employment and Immigration and Minister of Labor. In 1995 Mr. Valcourt was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick as the member for Edmundston where he served as Leader of the Opposition until 1997 and member until 1999.

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