Dominic Cardy

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Dominic Cardy
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Cardy in 2020
Interim Leader of the Canadian Future Party
Assumed office
20 September 2023

Cardy was appointed as Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development on 9 November 2018. [28] During his time as department minister, Cardy signed the original version of Policy 713, which took into effect on August 17, 2020. [29]

Removal of Chinese cultural programs from New Brunswick schools

Minister Cardy spearheaded a plan to remove the Confucius Institute from all New Brunswick schools. [30] While the educational programs for elementary and middle schools were removed for the 2019–2020 school year, high school programs will not be removed until 2022. [30]

Resignation

Cardy resigned from his position as Minister of Education and Early Childhood Education on October 13, 2022. [31] Announcing his resignation on Twitter, Cardy explained that "At some point, working style and values have to matter." His resignation letter offered a more detailed explanation, [32] citing Premier Higgs' behaviour in a series of incidents. Cardy initially committed to staying on as a Progressive Conservative but was expelled from caucus a day after resigning as minister. [33] [3] [4] He was replaced as minister by Bill Hogan. [34]

Independent MLA

Cardy remained in the legislature as an independent MLA for the rest of his term, while announcing he would not be running as a candidate in the 2024 New Brunswick general election. [5]

Cardy said he would be voting for Susan Holt and the New Brunswick Liberal Party in the upcoming election in June 2024. [35]

Canadian Future Party and other activities (2023–present)

On September 20, 2023, Cardy announced that he was in the process of founding a new federal political party, named the Canadian Future Party to occupy the middle ground between the Justin Trudeau-led Liberal Party of Canada and the Pierre Poilievre-led Conservative Party of Canada. Prior to its launch as a party, the group had been known first as "Centre Ice Conservatives" and then as "Centre Ice Canadians." [36] [5] On July 22, 2024, Elections Canada recognized the Canadian Future Party as eligible for registration, pending it standing a candidate for election. [37] [38]

In July 2024, Cardy was arrested in Toronto for disturbing the peace after engaging in a confrontation at a pro-Palestine protest. According to Cardy, he chanted "Free Palestine from Hamas". Authorities stated that Cardy "behaved in a confrontational manner towards other protesters and did not follow police directions" to leave the area. He was released without charges. [39] [40]

Electoral record

2020 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Dominic Cardy4,72652.88+21.06
Green Susan Jonah1,74519.53+2.22
Liberal Chris Duffie1,51016.90-11.03
People's Alliance Mel Keeling8259.23-11.72
New Democratic Armand Cormier1311.47-0.52
Total valid votes8,937100.0
Total rejected ballots140.16
Turnout8,95172.26
Eligible voters12,387
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +9.42
2018 New Brunswick general election: Fredericton West-Hanwell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Dominic Cardy2,73931.8
Liberal Cindy Miles2,40427.9
People's Alliance Jason Paull1,80320.9
Green Susan Jonah1,49017.3
New Democratic Olivier Hébert1712.0
Total valid votes100.0  
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
New Brunswick provincial by-election, Saint John East, 17 November 2014
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Glen Savoie 2,22544.31+7.43
Liberal Shelley Rinehart1,39827.84-9.18
New Democratic Dominic Cardy1,09921.88+3.36
Green Sharon Murphy2625.22-0.39
People's Alliance Arthur Watson380.76-1.21
Total valid votes5,022100.00  
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +8.31
2014 New Brunswick general election: Fredericton West-Hanwell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  Progressive Conservative Brian Macdonald 2,97135.21
  NDP Dominic Cardy2,50229.65
  Liberal Bernadine Gibson2,38428.25
Green Gayla MacIntosh5826.90
2012 by-election: Rothesay
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  Progressive Conservative Hugh John "Ted" Flemming III 1,62538.26-18.31
  Liberal John Wilcox1,32831.27+2.87
  NDP Dominic Cardy1,15827.27+18.30
Green Sharon Murphy691.62-4.43
  Independent Marjorie MacMurray621.46*

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