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Sherry Wilson
MLA
Wilson in 2024
Minister responsible for Addictions and Mental Health Services
In office
June 27, 2023 – November 2, 2024
Preceded byBruce Fitch
Succeeded byRob McKee
Minister of Service New Brunswick
In office
November 9, 2018 – September 29, 2020
PremierBlaine Higgs
Preceded byBenoît Bourque
Succeeded byMary Wilson
Member of the
New Brunswick Legislative Assembly
for Albert-Riverview
Assuming office
November 2, 2024[1]
SucceedingDistrict created
Member of the
New Brunswick Legislative Assembly
for Moncton Southwest
In office
September 22, 2014 – September 19, 2024
Preceded byDistrict created
Succeeded byDistrict abolished
Member of the
New Brunswick Legislative Assembly
for Petitcodiac
In office
September 27, 2010 – September 22, 2014
Preceded byWally Stiles
Succeeded byDistrict abolished
Personal details
BornIntervale, New Brunswick, Canada
Political partyProgressive Conservative

Sherry Wilson is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the 2014 provincial election. Since 2024, she represents the electoral district of Albert-Riverview as a member of the Progressive Conservatives. She was first elected as the MLA for Moncton Southwest in 2010 and was re-elected in the 2014, 2018, and 2020 provincial elections. After the 2024 elections, she became the longest serving member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick.

Early life

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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.[2]

Before politics

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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. After two years in Alberta, she moved back to New Brunswick, settling in Riverview, where she bought her own business in 1984.[2]

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, the Immigration Board, and the Finn report committee, among other committees and boards, and served as deputy mayor in 2005.[2]

Political career

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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 Wally Stiles, a former cabinet minister who crossed the floor from the Progressive Conservatives to the Liberals in 2007, to take back the seat for her party. After the Petitcodiac electoral district was abolished in the 2013 electoral redistribution, Wilson ran and was re-elected in the newly created district of Moncton Southwest in the 2014 provincial election. She was re-elected again in the 2018 and 2020 provincial elections.

On November 9, 2018, she was sworn-in as Minister of Service New Brunswick and Minister responsible for Women's Equality, in the Progressive Conservative government of Premier Blaine Higgs.[2] On June 27, 2023, she was sworn-in as the Minister responsible for Addictions and Mental Health Services.

As a result of the 2021 electoral redistribution, Wilson is running in the 2024 provincial election in the Albert-Riverview electoral district.[3]

On September 30, 2024, Wilson released a National Day for Truth and Reconciliation statement on her campaign page in which she compared residential schools to the parental rights movement, specifically making a comparison to the original version of Policy 713. Her statement received criticism from opposition parties, with several indigenous peoples also calling for her withdrawal as a candidate for the party,[3][4] including by Pabineau First Nation Chief Terry Richardson as well as by the six Wolastoqey Nation chiefs, who released a statement reading: "That she would try to draw this dog-whistle comparison on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation should make every New Brunswicker ashamed that she was recently a minister for this province in the Higgs government."[5]

Electoral record

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Moncton Southwest

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2020 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Sherry Wilson 3,679 52.13 10.39
Liberal René Ephestion 1,561 22.12 -16.00
Green Claire Kelly 927 13.13 +0.17
People's Alliance Susan Matthews 667 9.45 --
New Democratic Juliana McIntosh 224 3.17 -4.02
Total valid votes 7,058
Total rejected ballots 12 0.17 -0.33
Turnout 7,070 58.47 +0.59
Eligible voters 12,081
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +13.20
Source: Elections New Brunswick[6]
2018 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Sherry Wilson 2,920 41.73 +2.97
Liberal Susy Campos 2,667 38.11 +3.14
Green Sarah Colwell 907 12.96 +6.93
New Democratic Hailey Duffy 503 7.19 -10.17
Total valid votes 6,997 100.0  
Total rejected ballots 35 0.50
Turnout 7,032 57.98
Eligible voters 12,128
Source: Elections New Brunswick[6]
2014 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Progressive Conservative Sherry Wilson 2,523 38.80
Liberal Tyson Milner 2,274 34.97
New Democratic Charles Doucet 1,129 17.36
Green Mathieu Pierre LaPlante 392 6.03
People's Alliance Lucy Goguen 184 2.83
Total valid votes 6,502 100.0  
Total rejected ballots 26 0.40
Turnout 6,528 54.77
Eligible voters 11,919
This riding was created from parts of Moncton North, Petitcodiac, Moncton West and Moncton Crescent, all of which elected Progressive Conservatives in the previous election. Sherry Wilson was the incumbent from Petitcodiac.
Source: Elections New Brunswick[6]

Petitcodiac

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2010 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Sherry Wilson 4,133 55.69 -9.22
Liberal Wally Stiles 1,772 23.87 -5.73
Green Bethany Thorne-Dykstra 856 11.53 –
New Democratic Leta Both 661 8.91 +3.43
Total valid votes 7,422 100.0  
Total rejected ballots 44 0.59
Turnout 7,466 68.40
Eligible voters 10,915
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing -1.74
Liberal candidate Wally Stiles lost 41.04 percentage points from his 2006 performance running as a Progressive Conservative.
Source: Elections New Brunswick[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Premier-designate Holt And MLAs To Be Sworn In Nov. 2". CHCO-TV. 2024-10-23. Retrieved 2024-10-24.
  2. ^ a b c d "Internet Archive (March 8, 2022): Hon. Sherry Wilson". wwwlegnb.ca. Retrieved October 4, 2024.
  3. ^ a b Waugh, Andrew (October 1, 2024). "UPDATE: PC candidate compares residential schools, parents' rights". Telegraph-Journal. Retrieved October 1, 2024.
  4. ^ Poitras, Jacques (October 1, 2024). "PC candidate compares original 2SLGBTQ+ policy to Indigenous residential schools". CBC News. Retrieved October 1, 2024.
  5. ^ Alam, Hina (October 1, 2024). "Conservative candidate in New Brunswick election compares LGBTQ policy to residential schools". The Globe and Mail. The Canadian Press. Retrieved October 1, 2024.
  6. ^ a b c d "Provincial Election Results". www.electionsnb.ca. Elections New Brunswick.
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