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Cabinet Winners and Losers

Cabinet ministers' districts

Lamèque-Shippagan-Miscou (7)
Transportation Minister Paul Robichaud

Paul Robichaud won the riding of Lamèque-Shippagan-Miscou, defeating his nearest rival, Liberal Denis Roussell by a comfortable margin of 1,554 votes. Robichaud has held the riding since Bernard Lord's Tories swept into power in 1999. Previous to that, the northern New Brunswick riding flipped between Tory and Liberal in nearly every election since 1974. The 2006 election was a rematch between Robichaud and Roussel, who was defeated by nearly 2,000 votes in 2003. The NDP is running business owner Juliette Paulin in the riding.

Rogersville - Kouchibouguac (14)
Minister of Local Government Roy-May Poirier

Roy-May Poirier won her riding, defeating Liberal Emery Comeau by 1,219 votes. Poirier has held the riding since 1999, winning that election and the subsequent 2003 vote by narrow margins against the Liberal candidate. The region was traditional Liberal territory until 1999 and Poirier was the first woman ever to be elected to the riding.

Kent South (16)
Education Minister Claude Williams

Claude Williams defeated Liberal candidate Nadine Hébert by 1,415 votes. Williams has represented the riding of Kent South since the 2001 byelection, comfortably defeating his Liberal opponents in that vote and again in 2003. The riding has switched hands between the Liberals and Tories several times between 1974 and 1982, but was solidly Liberal between 1987 and 2001, held by former premier Camille Thériault until he resigned after Bernard Lord's Progressive Conservatives swept into power.

Hébert, is a former member of the popular Acadian singing group Les Muses, and a teacher who is the current director of Les Jeunes Chanteurs d'Acadie.

Moncton East (21)
Premier Bernard Lord

Bernard Lord defeated Liberal candidate Brian Gallant by 997 votes. Lord has held this urban riding since a 1998 byelection, winning every subsequent vote by a healthy margin.

Gallant is a third-year Université de Moncton law student, and former president of the U de M student federation. He is also a former competitive tennis player and a former Mr. New Brunswick. NDP candidate and trade unionist Mark Robar also challenged Lord for the seat.

Moncton West (22)
Minister of Tourism and Parks
Joan MacAlpine Stiles

Joan MacAlpine Stiles defeated Liberal candidate, and former McKenna cabinet minister Gene Devereaux by 308 votes. MacAlpine has held this seat since 1999, winning both elections since by fewer than 450 votes. This downtown Moncton riding has flipped between Liberal and Tory in previous elections.

Riverview (26)
Justice Minister Bruce Fitch

Bruce Fitch easily defeated his nearest rival, Liberal candidate Ward White, by 2,020 votes. Fitch has held this suburban, anglophone riding since 2003. White is a retired teacher and former municipal politician.

Hampton - Kings (29)
Supply and Services Minister
Bev Harrison

Bev Harrison won this riding comfortably, beating Liberal candidate Linda Watson with a margin of 2, 417 votes. Harrison has held this riding, a mix of rural communities and Saint John suburbs, since 1999.

Quispamsis (30)
Energy Minister Brenda Fowlie

Brenda Fowlie was defeated by Liberal candidate Mary Schryer, a sales manager for a financial services company and municipal councillor, by a margin of 517 votes. Fowlie represented this area since 1999, though she defeated her Liberal opponent in 2003 by just 19 votes. Fowlie was appointed Environment Minister in 2003, but was forced to resign in 2005 after a Conflict of Interest Commission reported that she inappropriately disclosed personal information about a Liberal MLA to reporters. She was reappointed to cabinet in 2006.

Saint John - Portland (35)
Environment Minister Trevor Holder

Trevor Holder won this riding, defeating his Liberal opponent, Colleen Knudson, by 275 votes. Holder has held this riding since 1999 when he trounced his Liberal opponent by more than 2,000 votes. Holder faced a real threat from Liberal candidate Knudson in 2003, but hung onto the seat with a margin of just 169 votes.

Oromocto (40)
Minister of Post-Secondary Education and Training Jody Carr

Jody Carr defeated Liberal candidate Shelby Mercer with a margin of 1,728 votes. Carr has held this riding since 1999, when he was just 24 years old. His twin brother, Jack, ran and lost for the Tories in the neighbouring riding of Grand Lake-Gagetown. The riding of Oromocto is a blend of rural villages and an urban township, a military base and a native reserve.

Fredericton - Silverwood (45)
Health Minister Brad Green

Brad Green was defeated by Fredericton businessman Rick Miles, a Liberal candidate and political unknown . Miles won with a margin of 460 votes. Green has held this urban riding since 1999, and has served in various cabinet positions, including as deputy premier, since becoming an MLA. He won comfortably in 2003.

New Maryland - Sunbury West (46)
Natural Resources Minister
Keith Ashfield

Keith Ashfield held onto this riding, defeating Liberal candidate Les Smith with a margin of 554 votes. Ashfield won this riding in 1999 from former Liberal cabinet minister Joan Kingston, who challenged him again for the seat in 2003 and lost it by just 217 votes.

Woodstock (49)
Agriculture Minister David Alward

David Alward defeated Liberal candidate Art Slip with a margin of 922 votes. Alward has represented this riding since 1999, winning both elections by a wide margin.

Carleton (50)
Human Resources Minister Dale Graham

Dale Graham defeated Liberal Gwen Cullins-Jones by a wide margin of 2,062 votes. Graham has represented this riding, in the heart of New Brunswick's Bible belt, since 1995.

Restigouche - La Vallée (53)
Immigration Minister Percy Mockler

Percy Mockler defeated Liberal candidate Burt Paulin with a margin of 1,013 votes. Mockler was considered the incumbent in this new riding, which incorporates the ridings of Restigouche West and Restigouche La Vallée, where Paulin was elected in 2003. Redistribution pitted the two incumbents against eachother.

Edmundston - Sainte-Basile (54)
Family and Community Services Minister Madeleine Dubé

Madeleine Dubé defeated Liberal Jean Louis Johnson by 3,603 votes. Dubé has held this riding since 1999. It was previously held by former Tory leader Bernard Valcourt.

Madawaska - Les Lacs
Finance Minister Jeannot Volpé

Jeannot Volpé defeated Liberal candidate Elaine Albert with a margin of 1,939 votes. Volpé has has held this riding since 1999, handily defeating his Liberal opponents by more than 1,000 votes in each election since.

Photo credit: Minister photos courtesy of the Government of New Brunswick

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