Sherry Wilson | |
---|---|
Minister responsible for Addictions and Mental Health Services | |
Assumed office June 27, 2023 | |
Preceded by | Bruce Fitch |
Minister of Service New Brunswick | |
In office November 9,2018 –September 29,2020 | |
Premier | Blaine Higgs |
Preceded by | Benoît Bourque |
Succeeded by | Mary Wilson |
Member of the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly for Moncton Southwest | |
Assumed office September 22,2014 | |
Preceded by | District created |
Member of the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly for Petitcodiac | |
In office September 27,2010 –September 22,2014 | |
Preceded by | Wally Stiles |
Succeeded by | District abolished |
Personal details | |
Political party | Progressive Conservative |
Sherry Wilson is a Canadian provincial politician,who is a member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick. She was first elected to the legislature in 2010.
Wilson grew up on a dairy farm in Intervale,New Brunswick and attended schools in Petitcodiac. She is one of nine children. Following high school,she completed a business and secretarial course at Campbellton Community College.
After college she began working at Hub Meat Packers in Moncton where she was Credit Manager Assistant and after moving to Edmonton,Alberta,she worked at the University Hospital in administration. She returned to Riverview and bought her own business in 1984,which she has owned for 26 years.
Wilson also volunteered for the RCMP from 1991 to 1999 as Victim Services Coordinator. In 2002 and 2003,she was the president of the Downtown Riverview Business Association and in 2004 she was elected to Riverview Town Council and was re-elected in 2008. She sat on the Codiac Regional Policing Authority Board,D.A.R.E.,Tri Community Council Liaison,Immigration Board,and served as deputy mayor in 2005. [1]
Wilson ran for a seat to the New Brunswick Legislature in the 2010 provincial election. She stood as a Progressive Conservative candidate in the electoral district of Petitcodiac. She defeated former cabinet minister and floor crosser Wally Stiles to take back the seat for her party. [2]
Wilson was re-elected to the 58th Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick September 22,2014,to represent the riding of Moncton Southwest.
Since November 9,2018,she has served as Minister of Service New Brunswick and Minister responsible for Women's Equality,in the Progressive Conservative government of Premier Blaine Higgs. [3]
Wilson was re-elected in the 2018 and 2020 provincial elections.
The New Brunswick Liberal Association,more popularly known as the New Brunswick Liberal Party or Liberal Party of New Brunswick,is one of the two major provincial political parties in New Brunswick,Canada. The party descended from both the Confederation Party and the Anti-Confederation Party whose members split into left-wing and right-wing groups following the creation of Canada as a nation in 1867.
Beauséjour riding is a federal electoral district in southeastern New Brunswick,Canada,which has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1988. It replaced Westmorland—Kent,which was represented from 1968 to 1988.
Moncton South is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick,Canada. It occupies the southern portion of the city of Moncton.
Brenda Olive Fowlie is a journalist and politician in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. She was formerly a member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick and a member of the cabinet.
Margaret-Ann Blaney is a Canadian journalist and politician. She was a member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1999 until May 2012,representing Rothesay as member of the Progressive Conservative Party.
Brenda Mary Robertson was a Canadian politician who served as Senator. She was the first woman elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick and the first woman to become a cabinet minister in the province.
Madeleine "Mado" Dubé is a Canadian social worker and politician from New Brunswick.
Elvy Robichaud is a former Canadian politician. He last served in 2006 as the member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick for Tracadie-Sheila.
Ralph Bruce Fitch is a Canadian politician,He represents Riverview in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick.
Dale Allison Graham is a former politician in New Brunswick,Canada. He served as an MLA from 1993 to 2014,as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 2010 to 2014,and as a member of the provincial cabinet from 1999 to 2006.
R. Wallis "Wally" Stiles is a New Brunswick politician. He represented the electoral district of Petitcodiac in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1999–2010. On September 17,2005,he married fellow MLA Joan MacAlpine making them the first husband and wife to serve together in the New Brunswick legislature.
The 2010 New Brunswick general election was held on September 27,2010,to elect 55 members to the 57th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly,the governing house of the province of New Brunswick,Canada. The incumbent Liberal government won 13 seats,while the opposition Progressive Conservatives won a landslide majority of 42 seats in the legislature. As leader of the PC party,David Alward became New Brunswick's 32nd premier.
New Brunswick has had,since the Legislative Council was abolished by an act passed on 16 April 1891,a unicameral legislature called the New Brunswick Legislature,consisting of the Lieutenant Governor and the Legislative Assembly with 49 seats. The legislature functions according to the Westminster system of government. Elections are now held at least every five years but may be called at any time by the lieutenant governor on consultation with the premier.
Chris Collins is a former Canadian politician from Moncton,New Brunswick. He served as MLA for the riding of Moncton Centre from 2014 until 2018,having previously served part of one term as a city councillor for Moncton City Council. On October 24,2014,Collins was elected Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick succeeding Dale Graham. Collins was defeated in the 2018 provincial election.
Claude Landry was a politician in the province of New Brunswick,Canada. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the 2006 election as the Progressive Conservative MLA for Tracadie-Sheila. He was Deputy Speaker and named Legislative Secretary to the Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development in 2010. He was defeated by Serge Rousselle as the MLA for Tracadie-Sheila in the 2014 provincial election.
Frederick Ross Wetmore is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the 2010 provincial election. He represents the electoral district of Gagetown-Petitcodiac as a member of the Progressive Conservatives. From 2018 to 2020 he was Minister of Agriculture,Aquaculture,and Fisheries in the Higgs government.
Monique Anne LeBlanc is a Canadian politician,who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the 2014 provincial election. She represented the electoral district of Moncton East as a member of the Liberal Party.
Rob McKee is a Canadian politician,who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the 2018 election. He represents the electoral district of Moncton Centre as a member of the Liberal Party. He was re-elected in the 2020 provincial election. He was the leader of the opposition in New Brunswick from September 2022 to May 2023.
Mike Holland is a Canadian politician,who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the 2018 election. He represents the electoral district of Albert as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick.
The 2024 New Brunswick general election is scheduled to be held on or before October 21,2024,according to the Legislative Assembly Act of 2017 which states that an election should be held every four years on the third Monday in October. It will be held to select 49 members of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick of the 61st New Brunswick legislature.