Rick Doucet Bios - 56th Legislature

Rick Doucet was elected to the 56th Legislature September 18, 2006, and sworn in as Minister of Fisheries October 3, 2006. A Liberal MLA, he is the first Member to represent the new constituency of Charlotte-The Isles.

First elected June 9, 2003, as the MLA for Charlotte, he served on the following Standing Committees at the Legislature: Privileges, Crown Corporations, and Public Accounts. He sat on the Select Committee on Public Automobile Insurance. He was opposition critic for interests relating to fisheries and aquaculture, and for energy.

He was born in Sussex, NB. Following graduation from Rothesay Collegiate School and the Holland College business program, he worked with a major Canadian airline in sales and marketing before returning home to work in the family retail business.

He has been involved in the food service industry and in photographic retailing along with operating an advertising agency to assist companies in marketing products at local and international levels.

He was a member of the St. George Town Council, president of the St. George Rotary Club, and a member of the RCS Netherwood board of directors. He sat on the town of St. George Planning and Advisory Commission. He was on the board of the Canadian Kodak Image Check program, and he was President of the Maritime Kodak Dealers Association for 10 years. He published his first book of photographs, "Herring Weirs: The Only Sustainable Fishery,"in 2000.

His hobbies and interests include long distance cycling, skiing, scuba diving, all-terrain vehicles, cooking and smoking foods, aviation, photography and spending time with his family and pets.

Rick and his wife Debbie reside in St. George, N.B., and they have two children, Nicole and Jonathan.

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