Camille Henri Thériault (born February 25, 1955 in Baie-Ste-Anne, New Brunswick) is a former premier of New Brunswick. May 14 is the 134th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (135th in leap years). ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... June 20 is the 171st day of the year (172nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 194 days remaining. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Joseph Raymond (Ray) Frenette, a politician was a longtime MLA in the province of New Brunswick. ... Bernard Lord (born September 27, 1965 in Quebec) is a Canadian politician. ... February 25 is the 56th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1955 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Motto: Spem reduxit (Hope was restored) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Fredericton Largest city Saint John Lieutenant Governor Herménégilde Chiasson Premier Bernard Lord (PC) Area 72,908 km² (8th)  - Land 71,450 km²  - Water 1,458 km² (2. ... A profession is a specialized work function within society, generally performed by a professional. ... A businessman (sometimes businesswoman, female; or businessperson, gender neutral) is a generic term for a wide range of people engaged in profit-oriented enterprises, generally the management of a company. ... A political party is a political organization that subscribes to a certain ideology and seeks to attain political power within a government. ... The New Brunswick Liberal Association (NBLA), more popularly known as the New Brunswick Liberal Party, is one of the two major political parties in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. ... February 25 is the 56th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1955 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Motto: Spem reduxit (Hope was restored) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Fredericton Largest city Saint John Lieutenant Governor Herménégilde Chiasson Premier Bernard Lord (PC) Area 72,908 km² (8th)  - Land 71,450 km²  - Water 1,458 km² (2. ... Motto: Spem reduxit (Hope was restored) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Fredericton Largest city Saint John Lieutenant Governor Herménégilde Chiasson Premier Bernard Lord (PC) Area 72,908 km² (8th)  - Land 71,450 km²  - Water 1,458 km² (2. ...

The son of Norbert Thériault a former provincial cabinet minister and Canadian Senator, he graduated from Baie-Sainte-Anne High School then obtained a bachelor of social science degree with a major in political science from the Université de Moncton. The Executive Council of New Brunswick (informally and more commonly, the Cabinet of New Brunswick) is the cabinet of the Canadian province. ... The Senate of Canada is the upper house of the Parliament of Canada. ... The Université de Moncton is a French language university in Moncton, New Brunswick serving the Acadian community of Atlantic Canada. ...

Thériault was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the 1987 provincial election that saw the Liberal Party, of which he was a member, win every seat in the province. The Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick is located in Fredericton. ... In the 1987 election in the Canadian province of New Brunswick, the Liberal Party swept to victory, for the first time since 1970, in a massive landslide by winning all 58 seats in the legislature. ... The New Brunswick Liberal Association (NBLA), more popularly known as the New Brunswick Liberal Party, is one of the two major political parties in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. ...

Due the the unusual and unprecendented situaion of leading a government with no parliamentary opposition, Premier Frank McKenna named backbench members of his caucus to form a shadow cabinet. Thériault was the leader of this "unofficial opposition", which met daily when the house was in session to prepare questions of Question Period of which the ministers would be given no notice. The Parliamentary Opposition is a form of political opposition to a designated government, particularly in a Westminster-based parliamentary system. ... The Premier of New Brunswick (fr: Premier ministre du Nouveau-Brunswick) is the first minister for the Canadian province of New Brunswick. ... His Excellency the Honourable Francis Joseph (Frank) McKenna, P.C. (born January 19, 1948 in Apohaqui, New Brunswick, Canada) is a Canadian politician and diplomat, and current Canadian Ambassador to the United States. ... A backbencher is a Member of Parliament or a legislature who does not hold governmental office and is not a Front Bench spokesperson in the Opposition. ... A caucus is most generally defined as being a meeting of supporters or members of a political party or movement. ... The Shadow Cabinet (also called the Opposition Front Bench) is a senior group of opposition spokespeople in the Westminster System of government who together under the leadership of the Leader of the Opposition (or the leader of other smaller opposition parties) form an alternative cabinet to the governments, whose... Question Period or Oral Questions is a Canadian parliamentary practice similar to the British Prime Ministers Questions in which Members of Parliament submit questions to the government ministers including the Prime Minister for answer. ...

Following the 1991 election, some balance was restored to the legislature with the opposition parties holding 12 of 58 seats and the "unofficial opposition" was not continued. Thériault was named to cabinet as Minister of Fisheries. The 1991 election in the Canadian province of New Brunswick was difficult to predict from the outset. ...

Thériault served well in this role and, with an eventual leadership bid in mind, was sure to meet local Liberals whenever he travelled the province and became a favourite among party faithful. He was re-elected in 1995 and became Minister of Economic Development -- a key role in the McKenna government. The 1995 election in the Canadian province of New Brunswick marked the debut of Bernard Valcourt as a provincial politician, and as leader of a reinvigorated Progressive Conservative Party. ...

When McKenna announced his resignation in 1997, Thériault, who had long expected to be the favourite, saw the early position of frontrunner fall to charismatic Finance Minister Edmund Blanchard. Blanchard, a bachelor, soon dropped out of the race when quiet rumours began spreading insuating that he was a homosexual. Some of Blanchard's supporters angrily blamed this rumours on Thériault but, despite this, he became the favoutire to win the leadership. 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The finance minister is a cabinet position in a government. ... Homosexuality is a sexual orientation characterized by esthetic attraction, romantic love, or sexual desire exclusively for another of the same sex. ...

Thériault left cabinet to campaign, as did his two opponents, Education Minister Bernard Richard and junior cabinet minister Greg Byrne. Byrne, a relative unknown before the race, caught momentum during the race but Thériault managed to win on the first ballot. As leader of the governing Liberals, he soon became premier. Bernard Richard (born April 11, 1951 in Toronto, Ontario) is a lawyer and New Brunswick politician. ...

He rejigged the cabinet upon being sworn-in, changing some departments and decreasing its overall size but his government soon became relatively inactive. He pledged to bring in many new programs, focussing on social services following the fiscal conservatism of McKenna, but felt he should win a mandate of his own before instituting any major changes.

The Opposition Progressive Conservatives had themselves just chosen a leader, the young Bernard Lord, an unknown with no political experience. As has always been Canadian tradition, Thériault waited for Lord to contest a seat for the legislature and get some experience in the House before calling a vote. Despite that, Thériault gave up one of the key advantages of the incumbency, letting it be widely known months in advance that the election would be held in June of 1999. The Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick is a political party in New Brunswick, Canada. ... Bernard Lord (born September 27, 1965 in Quebec) is a Canadian politician. ... Categories: Canada-related stubs | New Brunswick elections | 1999 ...

Thériault and his Liberals widely under estimated Lord's Conservatives over whom they enjoyed a double-digit lead in opinion polls. Early in the campaign, Lord reversed his earlier position, shared with the government, supporting highway tolls on the new divided route from Fredericton to Moncton. Lord used his new pledge to remove the tolls as the centrepiece of his campaign, he effectively used the issue as the prime example for the arrogance of the government and also incorporated his pledge into his "200 Days of Change" promise -- 20 key commitments Lord said he would implement within his first 200 days in office. Opinion polls are surveys of opinion using sampling. ... Fredericton, population 47,560 (greater Fredericton 81,346, both per 2001 census), is the capital of the province of New Brunswick, Canada. ... Moncton (46°6′ N 64°46′ W, AST, 2001 population 61,046, metropolitan population 117,727) is one of the eight cities in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. ...

Thériault largely ingnored Lord's surging campaign as he felt the Liberals would easily cruise to victory -- a feeling mirrored in polls right up until the last week. On June 7, election, the Tories won their largest victory ever taking 44 of 55 seats. Thériault's consession speech was very gracious and probably his best of ths campaign, he said "the people have spoken, and the people are never wrong" in seeing the party's seats reduced from 45 to 10. June 7 is the 158th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (159th in leap years), with 207 days remaining. ... The term Tory derives from the Tory Party, the ancestor of the modern UK Conservative Party. ...

Thériault stayed on as leader of the opposition and was very effective in the role. Despite this, the Liberals lost two by-election in early 2001 that had been vacated by former Liberal cabinet ministers moving on to federal government. In March, Thériault resigned his seat and his leadership -- both effective immeadiately. The Leader of the Opposition is a title traditionally held by the leader of the largest opposition party in a Westminster System of parliamentary government. ... A by-election or bye-election is a special election held to fill a political office when the incumbent has died or resigned. ... 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... March is the third month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ...

Following his resignation, Prime Minister Jean Chrétien appointed him to the federal Transportation Safety Board, within the year he was named its chairman. In 2004, he was named president of the Caisses Populaires Acadiens. The Prime Minister of Canada, the head of the Canadian government, is usually the leader of the political party with the most seats in the Canadian House of Commons. ... The Right Honourable Joseph Jacques Jean Chrétien, PC (born January 11, 1934) was the twentieth Prime Minister of Canada, serving from November 4, 1993, to December 12, 2003. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Thériault mused briefly about running in the 2004 federal election and is considered a likely candidate for federal office in the future. A Canadian federal election (more formally, the 38th general election) was held on June 28, 2004 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons. ...