Sherry Wilson
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Sherry Wilson | |
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.jpg) Wilson in 2024 | |
| Minister responsible for Addictions and Mental Health Services | |
| In office June 27, 2023 – November 2, 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Bruce Fitch |
| Succeeded by | Rob McKee |
| Minister of Service New Brunswick | |
| In office November 9, 2018 – September 29, 2020 | |
| Premier | Blaine Higgs |
| Preceded by | Benoît Bourque |
| Succeeded by | Mary Wilson |
| Member of the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly for Albert-Riverview | |
| Assumed office October 21, 2024 | |
| Preceded by | District created |
| Member of the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly for Moncton Southwest | |
| In office September 22, 2014 – October 21, 2024 | |
| Preceded by | District created |
| Succeeded by | District abolished |
| Member of the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly for Petitcodiac | |
| In office September 27, 2010 – September 22, 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Wally Stiles |
| Succeeded by | District abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Intervale, New Brunswick, Canada |
| Party | Progressive 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 Petitcodiac in 2010 and was re-elected in Moncton Southwest in the 2014, 2018, and 2020 provincial elections. After the 2024 election, she became the longest serving member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick.
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.[1]
Before politics
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.[1]
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.[1]
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