Benoît Bourque

Benoît Bourque was first elected to the Legislative Assembly in the September 2014 provincial election, and he was re-elected in 2018 and 2020 as member for Kent South. He was re-elected in 2024 as member for the new riding of Beausoleil—Grand-Bouctouche—Kent. He was Minister of Health from September 2017 to November 2018. He was also Minister responsible for Service New Brunswick from May 2018 to November 2018, in addition to briefly (October and November 2018) serving as Acting Minister of Aquaculture and Fisheries. In 2017, he was Chair of the Select Committee on Cannabis. He also serves or has served on many standing committees and was appointed Chair of the new Standing Committee on Official Languages in 2024.

Mr. Bourque has a bachelor’s degree in secondary education from the Université de Moncton and a master’s degree in international relations from the Université Laval. He has considerable training and teaching experience, which he gained as a school teacher, a facilitator for various workshops and training sessions, and a lecturer at the Université de Moncton.

He worked for about 15 years in international relations and cooperation in the public, parapublic, and private sectors. He was, among other things, director of the international relations office at the Université de Moncton from 2003 to 2012 and director of Concordia International at Concordia University, in Montreal, in 2012. In addition to visiting and working in about 30 countries, he worked for an extended period in Indonesia, Tunisia, and Romania. 

Mr. Bourque lives in Grand-Bouctouche, New Brunswick, where he has a strong record of community service.

Constituency Office

Committee

• Standing Committee on Economic Policy
• Standing Committee on Estimates and Fiscal Policy
• Legislative Administration Committee
• Standing Committee on Procedure, Privileges and Legislative Officers
• Standing Committee on Social Policy
• Standing Committee on Official Languages