Preceded by Neil LeBlanc Role Politician Name Allister Surette | Political party Liberal Succeeded by Neil LeBlanc Party Nova Scotia Liberal Party | |
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Allister Surette : recteur, Université Sainte-Anne
Allister Wilbert Surette (born 1961) is a Canadian politician and currently the President and Vice-Chancellor of Université Sainte-Anne. He represented the electoral district of Argyle in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1993 to 1998. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.
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- Allister Surette recteur Universit Sainte Anne
- Early life and education
- Political career
- After politics
- References
Early life and education
Surette was born in Lower West Pubnico, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science from Dalhousie University and a Bachelor of Education from Saint Mary's University in 1984. He was a high school teacher by career.
Political career
Surette entered provincial politics in the 1993 election, defeating Progressive Conservative cabinet minister Neil LeBlanc in the Argyle riding. Surette served in the Executive Council of Nova Scotia as Minister of Human Resources, Minister in charge of the Youth Secretariat and the Office of Acadian Affairs, and Minister of Housing and Municipal Affairs. In a re-match from 1993, Surette was defeated by LeBlanc when he ran for re-election in 1998.
After politics
Between 1998 and 2003, he was chief executive officer of the Collège de l'Acadie, which was the only French-language community college in Nova Scotia. In 2003, Surette became vice-president for development and partnerships at Université Sainte-Anne, and in 2004 served as the chair of the organizing committee for the Acadian World Congress. In November 2010, Surette was named President and Vice-Chancellor of Université Sainte-Anne, taking office on July 1, 2011.