Peter V. Doucette

DOUCETTE, PETER carpenter, contractor, road construction foreman, and director and program manager; b. 14 August 1954 in Charlottetown, son of Wilfred Vincent Doucette and Gertrude Margaret Lord; Roman Catholic. Doucette, a Liberal, was first elected to the Legislative Assembly in the general election of 1989 for 3rd Kings. He was re-elected in the general election of 1993. In April 1993 Doucette was appointed government Whip. He served on a number of legislative committees and chaired the Standing Committee on Justice, Labour and Industry, and the Special Committee on Maritime Economic Integration. Doucette was educated at the Quincy High School in Quincy, Massachusetts, and Stonehill College in North Easton, Massachusetts. He moved to Quincy with his parents where they had gone to find work, Doucette has worked as a carpenter and a contractor. He carried out his trade as a carpenter with Georgetown Shipyards and various private- sector construction companies. Doucette also worked as a maintenance foreman with the Department of Transportation and Public Works. From 1986 to 1990, he served as a director and chair of the Montague Credit Union. In 1986 he helped found the Southern Kings and Queens Food Bank and served with that organization until 1989. Doucette was chair of the Southern Kings and Queens Advisory Board from 1987 to 1989. He served as secretary-treasurer of the Montague Lions Club from 1987 to 1990. Peter Doucette is presently government affairs director and program manager for the Regional Co-operative Development Centre in Moncton. He is a member of the Montague Lions Club and is a director with the Riverview Area Community Enhancement Group. Doucette resides in Montague.