Rodney Weston
Rodney H. Weston | |
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Member of Parliament for Saint John | |
In office October 14, 2008 – August 4, 2015 | |
Preceded by | Paul Zed |
Succeeded by | Wayne Long |
Member of the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly for Saint John-Fundy | |
In office 1999–2003 | |
Preceded by | Stuart Jamieson |
Succeeded by | Stuart Jamieson |
Chairman of the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans | |
In office February 3, 2009 – August 4, 2015 | |
Preceded by | Fabian Manning |
Succeeded by | Scott Simms |
Personal details | |
Born | (1964-03-28) March 28, 1964 (age 60) Saint John, New Brunswick |
Political party | Conservative |
Spouse | Dawn Connolly |
Profession | Small business owner/operator |
Rodney H. Weston (born March 28, 1964) is a businessman and politician in New Brunswick, Canada. He represented the Saint John electoral district as a Member of Parliament from 2008 until 2015.
Biography
Weston was born in Saint John, New Brunswick, the son of Lester and Phyllis Weston. He was a post-secondary student at New Brunswick Community College.
Weston owned and operated a gas station and also was a trucking contractor as well as chief of the St. Martins Volunteer Fire Department.
Weston entered public life in his service as deputy mayor for St. Martins.
Weston ran to represent the riding of Saint John-Fundy in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick as a Progressive Conservative member in the 1995 New Brunswick general election, coming second to Liberal incumbent Stuart Jamieson. He defeated Jamieson in 1999 and was Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries & Aquaculture from 2001 to 2003. In 2003, Jamieson defeated Weston when he ran for re-election. After the election, the province's premier, Bernard Lord, hired him as his chief of staff.[1]
In his first foray into federal politics, in 2008, Weston was elected as Conservative MP for the electoral district of Saint John, defeating incumbent Liberal Paul Zed. He was re-elected in 2011 but did not hold his seat, in the now renamed Saint John—Rothesay, when at the 2015 Canadian federal election the Liberal Party of Canada won every seat east of Quebec. Weston personally lost to challenger Wayne Long, a business figure in Saint John.
Weston ran in Saint John—Rothesay again in 2019 but was not elected, coming second behind Long.
Electoral record
Federal
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Wayne Long | 15,443 | 37.43 | -11.37 | $65,376.07 | |||
Conservative | Rodney Weston | 14,006 | 33.95 | +3.41 | $98,624.09 | |||
New Democratic | Armand Cormier | 5,046 | 12.23 | -5.30 | $2,746.93 | |||
Green | Ann McAllister | 4,165 | 10.10 | +6.97 | none listed | |||
People's | Adam J. C. Salesse | 1,260 | 3.05 | none listed | ||||
Independent | Stuart Jamieson | 1,183 | 2.87 | $6,611.27 | ||||
Independent | Neville Barnett | 150 | 0.36 | $170.00 | ||||
Total valid votes/expense limit | 41,253 | 99.40 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 250 | 0.60 | +0.12 | |||||
Turnout | 41,503 | 65.18 | -3.65 | |||||
Eligible voters | 63,677 | |||||||
Liberal hold | Swing | -7.39 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[2][3] |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Wayne Long | 20,634 | 48.80 | +32.81 | – | |||
Conservative | Rodney Weston | 12,915 | 30.54 | -19.18 | – | |||
New Democratic | AJ Griffin | 7,411 | 17.53 | -13.2 | – | |||
Green | Sharon Murphy | 1,321 | 3.12 | +0.35 | – | |||
Total valid votes/expense limit | 42,281 | 100.0 | $196,334.01 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 205 | – | – | |||||
Turnout | 42,486 | 69.38 | – | |||||
Eligible voters | 61,236 | |||||||
Source: Elections Canada[4][5] |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Conservative | Rodney Weston | 18,456 | 49.73 | +10.18 | $79,348.63 | |||
New Democratic | Rob Moir | 11,382 | 30.67 | +14.71 | $23,584.68 | |||
Liberal | Stephen Chase | 5,964 | 16.07 | -22.06 | $42,496.31 | |||
Green | Sharon Murphy-Flatt | 1,017 | 2.74 | -2.68 | $2,700.77 | |||
Independent | Arthur Watson Jr. | 294 | 0.79 | – | $251.37 | |||
Total valid votes/expense limit | 37,113 | 100.0 | $82,011.29 | |||||
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 176 | 0.47 | ||||||
Turnout | 37,289 | 58.02 | +4.01 | |||||
Eligible voters | 64,264 | |||||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -2.26 | ||||||
Sources:[6][7] |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Conservative | Rodney Weston | 13,782 | 39.55 | +0.25 | $73,497.84 | |||
Liberal | Paul Zed | 13,285 | 38.13 | -4.79 | $69,234.99 | |||
New Democratic | Tony Mowery | 5,560 | 15.96 | +0.32 | $2,720.91 | |||
Green | Mike Richardson | 1,888 | 5.42 | +3.28 | $1,008.49 | |||
Marijuana | Michael Moffat | 330 | 0.95 | – | none listed | |||
Total valid votes/expense limit | 34,845 | 100.0 | $79,702 | |||||
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 187 | 0.53 | ±0 | |||||
Turnout | 35,032 | 54.01 | -7.38 | |||||
Eligible voters | 64,868 | |||||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +2.52 |
Provincial
2003 New Brunswick general election: Saint John-Fundy | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Stuart Jamieson | 2,698 | 47.68 | +15.54 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Rodney Weston | 2,271 | 40.14 | -17.60 | ||||
New Democratic | Liam Freill | 517 | 9.14 | +0.93 | ||||
Grey | Marjorie MacMurray | 172 | 3.04 | – | ||||
Total valid votes | 5,658 | 100.0 | ||||||
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | +16.57 |
1999 New Brunswick general election: Saint John-Fundy | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Rodney Weston | 3,473 | 57.74 | +19.71 | ||||
Liberal | Stuart Jamieson | 1,933 | 32.14 | -8.98 | ||||
New Democratic | Robert E. Holmes-Lauder | 494 | 8.21 | -8.06 | ||||
Confederation of Regions | David Lytle | 115 | 1.91 | -1.85 | ||||
Total valid votes | 6,015 | 100.0 | ||||||
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +14.34 |
1995 New Brunswick general election: Saint John-Fundy | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Stuart Jamieson | 2,447 | 41.12 | +9.60 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Rodney Weston | 2,263 | 38.03 | +9.07 | ||||
New Democratic | Aubrey Fougere | 968 | 16.27 | +3.35 | ||||
Confederation of Regions | Bernard Toole | 224 | 3.76 | -22.85 | ||||
Natural Law | Phyllis Johnston | 49 | 0.82 | – | ||||
Total valid votes | 5,951 | 100.0 | ||||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.26 |
References
- ^ Deputy minister appointments, promotions, new assignments, Office of the Premier
- ^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
- ^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
- ^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Saint John—Rothesay, 30 September 2015
- ^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
- ^ Elections Canada – Official voting results, Forty-first general election, 2011
- ^ Elections Canada – Candidate's electoral campaign return, 41st general election
External links
- New Brunswick MLAs, New Brunswick Legislative Library (pdf)
- Rodney Weston – Parliament of Canada biography
New Brunswick provincial government of Bernard Lord | ||
Cabinet post (1) | ||
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Predecessor | Office | Successor |
Paul Robichaud | Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries & Aquaculture 2001–2003 | David Alward |