Jack MacDougall - Wikipedia
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Jack MacDougall | |
|---|---|
 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 71–72) |
| Political party | Green Party of New Brunswick (2008–) New Brunswick Liberal Association (–2008) |
Jack MacDougall (born 1953) is a former politician in New Brunswick, Canada.
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]
| 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 |
- ^ a b "Jack McDougall gets curtain call as theatre saviour". CBC News. September 19, 2013. Retrieved 2014-11-09.
- ^ "N.B. Liberals pick new leader". CBC News. May 11, 2002. Retrieved 2014-11-09.
- ^ "Long-time N.B. Grit turns Green". CBC News. August 26, 2008. Retrieved 2014-11-09.
- ^ "MacDougall acclaimed as new N.B. Green Party leader". CBC News. September 24, 2009. Retrieved 2014-11-09.
- ^ "No seats for Green Party". CBC News. September 27, 2010. Retrieved 2014-11-09.
- ^ a b "Jack MacDougall resigns as Green Party leader". CBC News. September 12, 2011. Retrieved 2014-11-09.
- ^ Elections New Brunswick (2010). "Thirty-seventh General Election - Report of the Chief Electoral Officer" (PDF). Retrieved 2 January 2015.
- ^ The Canadian Press. "New Brunswick Liberal leader gets down to work on next election," May 12, 2002.