Joseph Raymond Frenette (April 16, 1935 – July 13, 2018)[1] was a Canadian politician in New Brunswick.
[2] Before his election to the legislature, he was a Councillor for the village of Lewisville and, after Lewisville was amalgamated with the city of Moncton, he was a Moncton city Councillor.
Following his political career, Frenette was appointed by 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 campaign for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada.
[3] On July 13, 2018, Frenette died at the Dr. Georges-L.-Dumont University Hospital Centre in Moncton, aged 83.