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{{short description|Premier of New Brunswick from 1997 to 1998}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{more citations needed|date=July 2018}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image               = 
| caption             = Mr. Ray Frenette
| order               = 28th [[Premier of New Brunswick]]
| term_start          = October 14, 1997
| term_end            = May 14, 1998
| monarch             = [[Elizabeth II]]
| lieutenant_governor = [[Marilyn Trenholme Counsell|Marilyn T. Counsell]]
| predecessor         = [[Frank McKenna]]
| successor           = [[Camille Thériault]]
| office1             = [[Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick|MLA]] for [[Moncton East]]
| term_start1         = November 18, 1974
| term_end1           = June 30, 1998
| predecessor1        = ''District created''
| successor1          = [[Bernard Lord]]
| birth_name          = Joseph Raymond Frenette
| birth_date          = {{Birth date|1935|4|16}}
| birth_place         = [[Beresford, New Brunswick]], Canada
| death_date          = {{death date and age|2018|07|13|1935|4|16}}
| death_place         = [[Moncton]], New Brunswick
| party               = [[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]]
| spouse              = Armande Hachey
}}
'''Joseph Raymond Frenette''' (April 16, 1935 – July 13, 2018)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/ray-frenette-dead-83-premier-mla-1.4747372 |title=Former New Brunswick premier Ray Frenette dead at 83 |last=Harding |first=Gail |date=July 14, 2018 |website=CBC News |access-date=July 14, 2018 }}</ref> was a Canadian politician in [[New Brunswick]].  He was a [[Liberal Party of New Brunswick|Liberal]] representative for the riding of [[Moncton East]] in the [[Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick]] from [[1974 New Brunswick general election|1974]] until 1998 when he retired after a short term as the 28th [[premier of New Brunswick]].

== Life and career ==
Frenette was born on April 16, 1935 in [[Beresford, New Brunswick]], the son of Berthilde Pitre and Samuel Frenette. He attended the Collège du Sacré-Coeur in [[Bathurst, New Brunswick|Bathurst]].<ref name="GlobeNMailObit">{{cite news |title=Former premier Ray Frenette, 83, was 'a great New Brunswicker' |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-former-premier-ray-frenette-83-was-a-great-new-brunswicker/ |access-date=1 April 2024 |work=The Globe and Mail |date=19 July 2018 |language=en-CA}}</ref> Before his election to the legislature, he was a Councillor for the village of [[Lewisville, New Brunswick|Lewisville]] and, after Lewisville was amalgamated with the city of [[Moncton]], he was a [[Moncton City Council|Moncton city Councillor]].

He twice ran for leader of the [[Liberal Party of New Brunswick|New Brunswick Liberals]]. He lost in 1982 to [[Doug Young (politician)|Doug Young]], and in 1985 to [[Frank McKenna]]. He served as [[interim leader (Canada)|interim leader]] of the party from 1983 to 1985 and again from October 1997 to May 1998, also serving as [[Premier of New Brunswick|Premier]].

Frenette was Frank McKenna's right-hand man in the legislature, serving as his [[House Leader]] throughout his tenure as leader from 1985 to 1997. He resigned from the [[New Brunswick]] [[legislature]] in July 1998.

Following his political career, Frenette was appointed by [[Prime Minister of Canada|Prime Minister]] [[Jean Chrétien]] to be a director of [[Atomic Energy of Canada Limited]] (AECL) for a three-year term from 1998 to 2001 following which he served as chair from 2001 to 2005.

On May 11, 2006, it was announced that he would be New Brunswick chair of [[Gerard Kennedy]]'s [[2006 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election|campaign for the leadership]] of the [[Liberal Party of Canada]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gerardkennedy.ca/documents/News_Release_NB_May11_e.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2006-05-11 |archive-date=2012-02-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204190426/http://www.gerardkennedy.ca/documents/News_Release_NB_May11_e.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

On July 13, 2018, Frenette died at the [[Dr. Georges-L.-Dumont University Hospital Centre]] in [[Moncton]], aged 83.<ref>{{cite web |title=J. Raymond Frenette (1935-2018) |url=https://www.hommagenb.com/obituaries/j-raymond-frenette-1935-2018/ |website=Hommage NB |access-date=1 April 2024 |language=fr-FR}}</ref>

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{{ministry box cabinet posts
| post2         = [[Premier of New Brunswick]]
| post2years    = 1997–1998
| post2note     = 
| post2preceded = [[Frank McKenna]]
| post2followed = [[Camille Thériault]]

| post1         = [[Executive Council of New Brunswick|President of the Executive Council]]
| post1years    = 1997–1998
| post1note     = 
| post1preceded = ''himself in<br />McKenna government''
| post1followed = [[Camille Thériault]]
}}
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{{ministry box cabinet posts
| post4         = [[Executive Council of New Brunswick|President of the Executive Council]]
| post4years    = 1995–1997
| post4note     = 
| post4preceded = [[Frank McKenna]]
| post4followed = ''himself in<br />Frenette government''

| post3         = [[Department of Intergovernmental and Aboriginal Affairs (New Brunswick)|Minister of Intergovernmental and Aboriginal Affairs]]
| post3years    = 1995–1997
| post3note     = 
| post3preceded = [[Roland Beaulieu]]
| post3followed = [[Bernard Thériault]]

| post2         = [[NB Power|Chairman of the New Brunswick Power Corporation]]
| post2years    = 1991–1995
| post2note     = 
| post2preceded = [[Al Lacey]]
| post2followed = ''chairman no longer<br />a cabinet member''

| post1         = [[Department of Health (New Brunswick)|Minister of Health and Community Services]]
| post1years    = 1987–1991
| post1note     = 
| post1preceded = [[Nancy Teed]]
| post1followed = [[Russ King]]
}}

{{ministry box special cabinet
| post2         = Deputy Premier of New Brunswick
| post2years    = 1995–1997
| post2note     = 
| post2preceded = [[Marcelle Mersereau]]
| post2followed = [[Alan R. Graham]]

| post1         = [[Government House Leader (New Brunswick)|Government House Leader]]
| post1years    = 1987–1997
| post1note     = 
| post1preceded = [[Malcolm MacLeod (politician)|Malcolm MacLeod]]
| post1followed = [[Doug Tyler]]
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| before = [[Frank McKenna]]
| title  = Leader of the [[Liberal Party of New Brunswick]]
| years  = 1997–1998 ([[Interim leader (Canada)|interim]])
| after  = [[Camille Thériault]]}}

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{{s-ttl| title= [[Official opposition|Leader of the Opposition]] in the [[Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick]]| years = 1983–1985 }}
{{s-aft| rows=2 | after  = [[Shirley Dysart]] }}
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| before = ''none, [[New Brunswick electoral redistribution, 1973|new district]]''
| title  = Member of the [[Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick|New Brunswick Legislature]] for [[Moncton East]]
| years  = 1974–1998
| after  = [[Bernard Lord]]}}
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