Claude Williams | |
Office1: | Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure |
Term Start1: | October 12, 2010 |
Term End1: | October 7, 2014 |
Premier1: | David Alward |
Predecessor1: | Denis Landry |
Successor1: | Roger Melanson |
Office2: | Minister of Education |
Term Start2: | February 14, 2006 |
Term End2: | October 3, 2006 |
Premier2: | Bernard Lord |
Predecessor2: | Madeleine Dubé |
Successor2: | Kelly Lamrock |
Assembly3: | New Brunswick Legislative |
Constituency Am3: | Kent South |
Term Start3: | April 23, 2001 |
Term End3: | September 22, 2014 |
Predecessor3: | Camille Thériault |
Successor3: | Benoît Bourque |
Birth Date: | 25 November 1955 |
Birth Place: | Saint-Antoine, New Brunswick |
Party: | Progressive Conservative |
Alma Mater: | University of Moncton |
Claude Williams (born November 25, 1955, in Saint-Antoine, New Brunswick) is a politician and former civil servant in the province of New Brunswick, Canada.
Williams studied at the University of Moncton, graduating with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree. Williams was executive assistant to Omer Léger and then a regional manager for the provincial Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture. He also served as a municipal councillor in Saint-Antoine.
He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in a 2001 by-election and was re-elected in the 2003 general election and the 2006 general election. He served in the cabinet for part of 2006. He was Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure from 2010 until his defeat in the 2014 general election.