Nicole Arseneau-Sluyter becomes president of the SANB

Nicole Arseneau-Sluyter was elected president of the Société nationale de l’Acadie (SANB) during the organization’s 51st annual general meeting in Miramichi on Saturday.

Ms. Arseneau-Sluyter has held the interim presidency since the resignation of Alexandre Cédric Doucet in August 2023.

According to SANB800 members voted to choose the next person who will lead the Acadian organization.

Nicole Arseneau-Slutyer won 365 votes to 275 for her closest rival Luc Desjardins.

The organization’s former communications manager, Éric Dow, finished in third position with 160 votes.

Among the members who voted, 768 people voted electronically.

According to the organization, 3% of SANB members made their voices heard during this election.

According to the newly elected president, her priority during this two-year mandate will be to complete the general meeting in order to take stock of the situation in Acadia, a way of seeing where Acadian society is and where it wishes to go. .

I grew up in northern New Brunswick and I know the issues in the North and throughout the province, but I have this additional experience of having lived in Saint John since 1987 in a minority environment and, often , we do not have the same issues that we would have in Caraquet, for exampleshe said on Radio-Canada.

A result applauded by the members

The defeated candidate Luc Desjardins did not wish to grant an interview to comment on the election of Nicole Arseneau-Sluyter.

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Other members interviewed on the sidelines of the annual general meeting also applauded the election of the new president.

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While he affirms that the organization will be in good hands with Nicole Arseneau-Sluyter at the helm, Joey Couturier hopes that the SANB will make more room for young people.

I think there needs to be a little more room for young people to get involved in the SANB. They have to take it, but it has to be given to them.

Jean-Sébastien Léger is delighted to see that there is finally a permanent presidency after almost a year of interim.

I’m glad there is continuityhe said. Nicole Arseneau-Sluyter has appropriate and important technical skills from a government relations and budget management perspective.

A new board of directors

The SANB also elected a new board of directors on Saturday.

Richard Louis and Jovial Orlachi Osundy were designated as provincial representatives while Alexandra LeBreton was elected as representative of the Southeast. Mathieu Perron, Antoine David, Maxime Brideau and Joey Couturier respectively joined the board of directors as representatives of the North, Miramichi, the Acadian Peninsula and the North-West.

According to information from Frédéric Cammarano