Paul Robichaud (born May 6, 1964 in Tracadie, New Brunswick) is a politician in the province of New Brunswick, Canada.

Paul Robichaud
Deputy Premier of New Brunswick
In office
12 October 2010 – 7 October 2014
PremierDavid Alward
Preceded byDonald Arseneault
Succeeded byStephen Horsman
Minister of Natural Resources
In office
23 October 2013 – 7 October 2014
PremierDavid Alward
Preceded byBruce Northrup
Succeeded byDenis Landry
Minister of Economic Development
In office
12 October 2010 – 23 September 2013
PremierDavid Alward
Preceded byVictor Boudreau
Succeeded byBruce Fitch
Minister of Transportation
In office
27 June 2003 – 3 October 2006
PremierBernard Lord
Preceded byPercy Mockler
Succeeded byDenis Landry
Minister of Tourism and Parks
In office
9 October 2001 – 27 June 2003
PremierBernard Lord
Preceded byPosition Established
Succeeded byJoan MacAlpine-Stiles
Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture
In office
21 June 1999 – 9 October 2001
PremierBernard Lord
Preceded byDanny Gay
Succeeded byRodney Weston
Member of the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly
for Lamèque-Shippagan-Miscou
In office
June 7, 1999 – September 22, 2014
Preceded byJean-Camille DeGrâce
Succeeded byWilfred Roussel
Personal details
Born (1964-05-06) May 6, 1964 (age 60)
Tracadie, New Brunswick
Political partyProgressive Conservative

He studied at the Shippagan, New Brunswick campus of the University of Moncton. A member of the Progressive Conservative Party since 1985, he first ran for office in the 1995 but was defeated. He served from then until the next election as a Francophone organizer for the PC Party and ran again in 1999 when he was successful becoming the member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick for Lamèque-Shippagan-Miscou. He was re-elected in 2003, 2006 and 2010.

He joined the cabinet first as Minister of Fisheries & Aquaculture and then became minister of the enlarged Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Aquaculture. In a cabinet shuffle in 2001 he became Minister of Tourism & Parks a post he maintained until after the 2003 election when he took over the post of transportation.

He left the cabinet in 2006 as the Liberals won that year's election and formed the government.

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