Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Gerald Doucet is a former politician and lobbyist from Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented the electoral district of Richmond in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1963–1974, as a Progressive Conservative.He graduated from St. Francis Xavier University, where he met and became close friends with future prime minister Brian Mulroney, and went on to earn his law degree at Dalhousie University in 1961.Doucet was first elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in the 1963 general election. He was re-elected in 1967 and 1970.He ran for leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia at the party's 1971 leadership convention, finishing second to John Buchanan.Starting in 1984, Doucet was a member of the successful but sometimes controversial Ottawa consulting firm Government Consultants International (GCI), along with Frank Moores, Francis Fox, and Gary Ouellet (The Insiders, by John Sawatsky, 1987; On The Take, by Stevie Cameron, 1994).In 2004 he published his biography, "Acadian Footprints".He is the brother of Fred Doucet, who served as the first Chief of Staff to Brian Mulroney, after Mulroney became leader of the Progressive Conservative Party in 1983. Fred Doucet is a longtime associate of Mulroney, and served on his staff in the Prime Minister's Office while Mulroney was Canadian Prime Minister from 1984-1993.. }
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- Gerald_Doucet abstract "Gerald Doucet is a former politician and lobbyist from Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented the electoral district of Richmond in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1963–1974, as a Progressive Conservative.He graduated from St. Francis Xavier University, where he met and became close friends with future prime minister Brian Mulroney, and went on to earn his law degree at Dalhousie University in 1961.Doucet was first elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in the 1963 general election. He was re-elected in 1967 and 1970.He ran for leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia at the party's 1971 leadership convention, finishing second to John Buchanan.Starting in 1984, Doucet was a member of the successful but sometimes controversial Ottawa consulting firm Government Consultants International (GCI), along with Frank Moores, Francis Fox, and Gary Ouellet (The Insiders, by John Sawatsky, 1987; On The Take, by Stevie Cameron, 1994).In 2004 he published his biography, "Acadian Footprints".He is the brother of Fred Doucet, who served as the first Chief of Staff to Brian Mulroney, after Mulroney became leader of the Progressive Conservative Party in 1983. Fred Doucet is a longtime associate of Mulroney, and served on his staff in the Prime Minister's Office while Mulroney was Canadian Prime Minister from 1984-1993.".