Daniel Guitard
Honorific prefixHis Worship
Office 1Mayor of Belle-Baie
Term start 1January 1, 2023
Predecessor 1Position established
Office 2Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
Term start 2October 23, 2018
Term end 2October 7, 2020
Predecessor 2Chris Collins
Successor 2Bill Oliver
Assembly 3New Brunswick Legislative
Constituency am 3Restigouche-Chaleur
Term start 3September 22, 2014
Term end 3November 27, 2022
Predecessor 3Roland Haché
Successor 3Marco LeBlanc
Birth dateOctober 1, 1959 (age 67)
Birth placePointe-Verte, New Brunswick, Canada
PartyIndependent
Other partyLiberal
OccupationPolitician

Daniel Guitard (born October 1, 1959) is a Canadian politician who has been serving as the first mayor of Belle-Baie since 2023. Previously, he was the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick. He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the 2014 provincial election.[1] He represented the electoral district of Restigouche-Chaleur as a member of the Liberal Party. On October 23, 2018, members of the assembly selected Guitard to serve as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick.[2][3] On October 11, 2022, he announced his resignation due to his plans to run for mayor of the newly created municipality of Belle-Baie.[4] He would end up being successful. He was previously mayor of Pointe-Verte, New Brunswick.[5]

He was born in Pointe-Verte, New Brunswick.[6]

References

  1. ^ "New Brunswick Votes 2014: Restigouche-Chaleur". CBC News, September 23, 2014.
  2. ^ "New Brunswick's Liberal government seeks 'common ground' in throne speech to divided legislature"
  3. ^ "N.B. Liberals seek 'common ground' in throne speech to divided legislature - New Brunswick | Globalnews.ca"
  4. ^ "Liberal MLA Daniel Guitard confirms resignation, plans mayoral run". CBC News, October 11, 2022.
  5. ^ "Liberal MLA Daniel Guitard confirms resignation, plans mayoral run". CBC. Retrieved November 27, 2022.
  6. ^ "Daniel Guitard: MLA, Restigouche-Chaleur". Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick. Archived from the original on September 3, 2018. Retrieved April 14, 2018.