Aaron Kennedy
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Aaron Kennedy | |
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.jpg) Kennedy in 2024 | |
| Member of the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly for Quispamsis | |
| Assumed office October 21, 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Blaine Higgs |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1969 or 1970 (age 55–56) |
| Party | Liberal |
Aaron Kennedy is a Canadian sports journalist and politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the 2024 general election. He defeated Blaine Higgs in the riding of Quispamsis, who had been serving in that riding since 2010 and as Premier of New Brunswick since 2018.[1]
Kennedy previously worked for the town of Quispamsis, where in 2011 he began serving as the town's communications manager. In July 2021, Kennedy began serving as the interim chief administrative officer; his term finished in August 2024 after his role was succeeded by a permanent hire and he pursued the Liberal nomination for the 2024 election.[2]
Aaron Kennedy was born in 1969 or 1970 and is originally from Oromocto, New Brunswick. He graduated from the Confederation College in Thunder Bay, Ontario, where he studied radio broadcasting. Kennedy began working as a news and sportscaster for Fredericton radio stations CIHI-FM and CKHJ before writing for the Oromocto Post-Gazette and The Daily Gleaner.[3] In September 1994, he was hired as the voice of the Saint John Flames for the radio station CFBC,[4] where he worked until 2000 when he was hired by the Saint John Times Globe as its American Hockey League beat reporter.[5]
