Jack MacDougall
New Brunswick green politician
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Jack MacDougall (born 1953) is a former politician in New Brunswick, Canada.
Jack MacDougall | |
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MacDougall in August 2010 | |
| Leader of the Green Party of New Brunswick | |
| In office 2009–2011 | |
| Preceded by | Erik Millett (interim) |
| Succeeded by | Greta Doucet (interim) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1953 (age 72–73) |
| Party | Green Party of New Brunswick (2008–) New Brunswick Liberal Association (–2008) |
He was owner-operator of a taxi business in Saint John, New Brunswick which he sold prior to 1982. In 1982, he led a 1-year, $1 million fundraising campaign to save the Imperial Theatre.[1] He worked for the Liberal Party of New Brunswick from 1984 to 1999. In 2002, he was an unsuccessful candidate for leader of the party.[2] In August 2008, he was hired by the Green Party of Canada as Maritimes Organizer.[3]
On September 24, 2009, MacDougall was acclaimed the leader of the Green Party of New Brunswick.[4] In the 2010 general election, the Green Party polled 4.5 per cent of the vote and elected no members.[5] In his own riding of Fredericton-Nashwaaksis, MacDougall finished third with 9.4 per cent of the vote.[6] He resigned as leader on September 12, 2011.[6]
He received an award "for breaking the mold" for his work in saving the Imperial Theatre in 2013.[1]
Electoral record
| 2010 New Brunswick general election: Fredericton-Nashwaaksis | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Troy Lifford | 3,720 | 47.56 | +0.57 | ||||
| Liberal | T.J. Burke | 2,760 | 35.29 | -13.85 | ||||
| Green | Jack MacDougall | 741 | 9.47 | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Dana Brown | 601 | 7.68 | +3.81 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 7,822 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 32 | 0.41 | ||||||
| Turnout | 7,854 | 69.93 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 11,232 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +7.21 | ||||||
| Source: Elections New Brunswick[7] | ||||||||
| 2002 New Brunswick Liberal Association leadership election[8] May 12, 2002 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Shawn Graham | 1,349 | 74.5 |
| Jack MacDougall | 461 | 25.5 |
