Beauséjour

• Omer Leger
• Michael Milligan
• Dominic LeBlanc (Incumbent)
• Chris Durrant

Omer Leger

Party: Conservative Party of Canada

Birthplace: Gardner, Mass.

Education: Studied management, sales, psychology and orientation at St. Joseph's College in New Brunswick.

Profession: Businessman

Marital Status: Married

Name of Spouse: Dolores Bourque

Children: Four - Louis, Marcel, Anne and Nathalie.

Career Background: He was involved in the private sector and a family business before entering politics. He worked as an administrator for Assumption Mutual, a life insurance company.

Community Activities: He was involved in Moncton's regional health authority and was on the board of directors of radio station CJSE in Shediac.

Electoral History

Provincial: First elected in the riding of Kent South in a 1971 by-election. Re-elected in the 1974 and 1982 provincial elections. Defeated in 1978 and 1987.

Federal: Ran unsuccessfully in Beauséjour in 1988 and 2006.

Political History

Cabinet: He was appointed provincial fisheries minister in 1974 and then minister of tourism, recreation and heritage in 1982.

Michael Milligan

Party: Green Party of Canada

Birthplace: Manitoba

Profession: Teacher and businessman

Marital Status: Married

Children: Three

Career Background: He taught at Springhill Institution, a Nova Scotia penitentiary, for a couple of years before pursuing a career as an entrepreneur. He currently operates his own business in Moncton.

Contact information:

ridings.greenparty.ca

Dominic LeBlanc

Party: Liberal Party of Canada

Birthdate: Dec. 14, 1967

Age: 39

Education: BA in political science, University of Toronto; law degree, University of New Brunswick; graduate degree in law, Harvard Law School

Profession: Lawyer

Marital Status: Married

Name of Spouse: Jolène Richard

Children: One son - Selby

Career Background: Director of the Institut de Memramcook Institute, the Société du Monument Lefebvre and the Cocagne Cape Port Authority. Worked as an articling clerk in Saint John, N.B. Prior to his election, had been a barrister and solicitor with Clark and Drummie in Shediac. From 1993-1996, worked as special assistant to the prime minister in Ottawa. Member of the board of directors of the students' administrative council and CIUT Radio Inc., both at the University of Toronto.

Electoral History

Provincial: Volunteer worker for the Liberal party in various elections

Federal: In 1990 served on the Chrétien Committee, and in 1993 was coordinator of the Liberal Leader's Tour of Atlantic Canada. Ran unsuccessfully in the riding of Beauséjour-Petitcodiac in 1997. Elected there in 2000, re-elected in the re-named riding of Beauséjour in 2004 and 2006.

Political History

Cabinet: International Trade Critic in 2006 under interim Liberal leader Bill Graham

Committee: Former member: Fisheries and Oceans; Transport and Government Operations; special committee on non-medical use of drugs; National Defence and Veterans Affairs; and Public Accounts. Parliamentary secretary to the leader of the government in the House of Commons and deputy chief government whip. (2004)

Caucus: On Jan. 9, 2007, appointed vice-chair of the National Policy and Platform Committee of the Liberal Party. Former chair of the Atlantic Liberal caucus.

Contact information:

dominic.leblanc@nb.aibn.com

dominicleblanc.ca

Chris Durrant

Party: New Democratic Party of Canada

Birthplace: Lennoxville, Que.

Education: Pursuing an honours degree in international relations at Mount Allison University

Community Activities: Co-editor of Mount Allison's independent newspaper The Argosy. Represented Mount Allison students on the student union and the university senate. Organized an undergraduate conference on international environmental issues. Spent the last three summers working with children with disabilities at summer camps.

Contact information:

chrisdurrant@ndp.ca

chrisdurrant.ndp.ca

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