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Margaret-Ann Blaney, (born in Corner Brook, Newfoundland

Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador

Corner Brook is a city located on the west coast of the island of Newfoundland in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada....

) is a Canadian journalist

Journalist

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and politician

Politician

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. She is currently the member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick

Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick

The Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick is located in Fredericton. It was established de jure when the colony was created in 1784, but only came in to session in 1786 following the first elections in late 1785. Until 1891, it was the lower house in a bicameral legislature when its upper house...

for the riding of Rothesay

Rothesay (electoral district)

Rothesay is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada.The district was created in 1994 as Saint John-Kings out of parts of Saint John County, Kings County and a small portion of the eastern edge of the City of Saint John all in and around the Town of...

(formerly Saint John-Kings).

Early life

An honours graduate with a Bachelor's degree

Bachelor's degree

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from Memorial University of Newfoundland

Memorial University of Newfoundland

Memorial University of Newfoundland, is a comprehensive university located primarily in St...

in St. John's, Newfoundland, Blaney worked as a reporter for both television and radio from 1982–1993, when she became a candidate against Brian Tobin

Brian Tobin

Brian Vincent Tobin, PC is a Canadian businessman and former politician. Tobin served as the sixth Premier of Newfoundland from 1996 to 2000. Tobin was also a prominent Member of Parliament and served as a Cabinet Minister in Jean Chrétien's Liberal government.- Early life, education, and family...

in the 1993 Canadian federal election

Canadian federal election, 1993

The Canadian federal election of 1993 was held on October 25 of that year to elect members to the Canadian House of Commons of the 35th Parliament of Canada. Fourteen parties competed for the 295 seats in the House at that time...

finishing a distant second. Shortly thereafter she was married and moved to Rothesay, New Brunswick

Rothesay, New Brunswick

Rothesay is a Canadian town located in Kings County, New Brunswick. It is a bedroom community of Saint John along the Kennebecasis River.Located along the lower Kennebecasis River valley, Rothesay borders the city of Saint John to the southwest, and the neighbouring town of Quispamsis to the...

where she managed her husband's veterinary practice. In 1994, Ms. Blaney and her husband started their own small business, the Atlantic Veterinary Hospital in Rothesay, N.B. She was active in the business as co-owner / general manager until June 1999. In 1997, she was a candidate for leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick

Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick

The Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick is a centre-right political party in New Brunswick, Canada. It has its origins in the pre-Canadian confederation Conservative Party that opposed the granting of responsible government to the colony...

losing to Bernard Lord

Bernard Lord

Bernard Lord, ONB, QC, is a Canadian politician and lobbyist. Lord served as the 30th Premier of New Brunswick from 1999 to 2006.-Early life:...

Political career

She was elected to the New Brunswick

New Brunswick

New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...

legislature in the 1999 election

New Brunswick general election, 1999

The 34th New Brunswick general election was held on June 7, 1999, to elect 55 members to the 54th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly, the governing house of the province of New Brunswick, Canada. It marked the debut of both Camille Thériault and Bernard Lord as leaders of the Liberals and...

and was named to cabinet as Minister of Transportation

Department of Transportation (New Brunswick)

The Department of Transportation is a part of the Government of New Brunswick. It is charged with the maintenance of the provincial highway network and the management of the province's automobile fleet....

. While minister, her riding executive solicited donations from highway contractors inferring that Blaney would favour those who donated. There was briefly a large amount of controversy surrounding this, however, the Moncton Times & Transcript
Times & Transcript
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newspaper

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ran an editorial cartoon

Editorial cartoon

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with one contractor asking another, while referring to a bulge in his pocket, "Is that Margaret-Ann Blaney in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?" This cartoon was derided as sexist

Sexism

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and both Blaney and Bernard Lord cried in the legislature when commenting on it. The legislature unanimously passed a motion condemning the cartoon and the controversy soon shifted from Blaney to the paper.

In 2001, Blaney was shuffled

Cabinet shuffle

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to the Department of Public Safety

Department of Public Safety (New Brunswick)

The Department of Public Safety in the Canadian Province of New Brunswick was formed when Premier Bernard Lord restructured government departments on March 23, 2000...

. She was re-elected in 2003

New Brunswick general election, 2003

The 35th New Brunswick general election was held on June 9, 2003, to elect 55 members to the 55th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly, the governing house of the province of New Brunswick, Canada...

and became Minister of Training & Employment Development. On February 14, 2006, she was shuffled out of cabinet, she said this was by choice as she wanted to focus more closely on riding issues. She was re-elected in 2006

New Brunswick general election, 2006

The 36th New Brunswick general election was held on September 18, 2006, to elect 55 members to the 56th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly, the governing house of the province of New Brunswick, Canada....

and sat in opposition to the new Liberal

New Brunswick Liberal Association

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 political parties in the Canadian province of New Brunswick...

government.

On October 12, 2010 Blaney became Environment Minister.

Electoral history

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|Progressive Conservative

Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick

|Margaret-Ann Blaney
|align="right"|3374
|align="right"|56.57
|align="right"|+7.94
|-

|Liberal

New Brunswick Liberal Association

|Victoria Clarke
|align="right"|1694
|align="right"|28.40
|align="right"|-18.73
|-

|NDP

New Brunswick New Democratic Party

The New Brunswick New Democratic Party is a social-democratic provincial political party in New Brunswick, Canada linked with the federal New Democratic Party .-Origins and early history:...

|Pamela Scichilone
|align="right"|535
|align="right"|8.37
|align="right"|+4.13
|-

|Green
|Sharon Murphy-Flatt
|align="right"|361
|align="right"|6.05
|align="right"|-
|}
|-

|Progressive Conservative

Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick

|Margaret-Ann Blaney
|align="right"|2853
|align="right"|48.6
|align="right"|+0.6
|-

|Liberal

New Brunswick Liberal Association

|Paul Barry
|align="right"|2765
|align="right"|47.1
|align="right"|+10.5
|-

|NDP

New Brunswick New Democratic Party

The New Brunswick New Democratic Party is a social-democratic provincial political party in New Brunswick, Canada linked with the federal New Democratic Party .-Origins and early history:...

|Troy Polchies
|align="right"|249
|align="right"|4.2
|align="right"|-7.9
|}
|-

|Progressive Conservative

Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick

|Margaret-Ann Blaney
|align="right"|3,135
|align="right"|48.0
|align="right"|-17.6
|-

|Liberal

New Brunswick Liberal Association

|Paul Barry
|align="right"|2,456
|align="right"|37.6
|align="right"|+12.6
|-

|NDP

New Brunswick New Democratic Party

The New Brunswick New Democratic Party is a social-democratic provincial political party in New Brunswick, Canada linked with the federal New Democratic Party .-Origins and early history:...

|Troy Polchies
|align="right"|791
|align="right"|12.1
|align="right"|+2.6
|-

|Grey Party
|Troy Polchies
|align="right"|145
|align="right"|2.2
|align="right"|-
|}
|-

|Progressive Conservative

Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick

|Margaret-Ann Blaney
|align="right"|4,605
|align="right"|65.6
|align="right"|+29.6
|-

|Liberal

New Brunswick Liberal Association

|Zita Longobardi
|align="right"|1,752
|align="right"|25.0
|align="right"|-19.6
|-

|NDP

New Brunswick New Democratic Party

The New Brunswick New Democratic Party is a social-democratic provincial political party in New Brunswick, Canada linked with the federal New Democratic Party .-Origins and early history:...

|Ken Wilcox
|align="right"|664
|align="right"|9.5
|align="right"|-2.1
|}

1997 PCNB leadership Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick leadership election, 1997 The Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick held a leadership election in 1997 to replace its outgoing leader Bernard Valcourt. The winner was Bernard Lord who would go on to win the riding of Moncton East in a by-election and lead the party to victory in the 1999 and 2003 elections.-... first ballot
Candidate		Votes	%
	Bernard Lord Bernard Lord Bernard Lord, ONB, QC, is a Canadian politician and lobbyist. Lord served as the 30th Premier of New Brunswick from 1999 to 2006.-Early life:...	1,390	36.6
	Norm Betts	1,223	32.2
	Cleveland Allaby Cleveland Allaby Cleveland Allaby is a Canadian lawyer and politician.He ran for the Canadian House of Commons in the riding of Fredericton as a Progressive Conservative in the 1997 election losing to incumbent Andy Scott by a margin of 34% to 30% in part due to vote splitting between the Progressive Conservatives...	663	17.4
	Margaret-Ann Blaney	527	13.9
Blaney eliminated, Allaby withdrew

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