Dorothy Shephard | |
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| Minister of Health | |
| In office September 29, 2020 – July 15, 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Ted Flemming |
| Succeeded by | Bruce Fitch |
| Minister of Social Development | |
| In office July 15, 2022 – June 15, 2023 | |
| Premier | Blaine Higgs |
| Preceded by | Bruce Fitch |
| Succeeded by | Jill Green(Social Development) Kathy Bockus(Seniors) |
| In office November 9, 2018 – September 29, 2020 | |
| Premier | Blaine Higgs |
| Preceded by | Stephen Horsman(Families and Children) Lisa Harris(Seniors and Long-Term Care) |
| Succeeded by | Bruce Fitch |
| Minister of Healthy and Inclusive Communities | |
| In office October 9, 2012 – October 7, 2014 | |
| Premier | David Alward |
| Preceded by | Trevor Holder(Culture, Tourism, and Healthy-Living) |
| Succeeded by | Cathy Rogers |
| Member of the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly forSaint John Lancaster | |
| In office September 27, 2010 – September 19, 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Abel LeBlanc |
| Succeeded by | Kate Elman Wilcott |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1960 or 1961 (age 63–64)[1] Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
Dorothy Shephard (bornc. 1961) is aCanadian politician, who was elected to theLegislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the2010 provincial election and served until 2024. She represented the electoral district ofSaint John Lancaster as a member of theProgressive Conservatives.[2] She was born and raised inSaint John.[3] Shephard was re-elected in the 2014, 2018 and 2020 provincial elections. Prior to becoming involved in politics, she owned and operated Benjamin Moore Colour Centre, a retail decorating store, for 17 years.[4]
Shephard served as Minister of Healthy and Inclusive Communities in theAlward government from 2012 to 2014.[5] In 2018, she was appointed Minister of Social Development in theHiggs government.[6] In 2020, she was appointed Minister of Health,[7] and in 2022, she was returned to the post of Minister of Social Development.[8]
Shephard resigned from cabinet on June 15, 2023, by handing PremierBlaine Higgs a handwritten resignation letter on the floor of legislature after a voting for an opposition motion calling for further studies onPolicy 713.[9] In subsequent media interviews, she cited frustration with Higgs' leadership approach as the reason for her resignation, with his management ofPolicy 713 being the culmination of her frustrations.[10] On March 21, 2024 Shephard announced that she would not be a contestant in the provincial election scheduled for October 2024, citing a conflict between the party's traditionally "moderate, centrist values", which she supported, and its recent "hyper-focused trend with far-right politics".[11]
| 2020 New Brunswick general election:Saint John Lancaster | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Dorothy Shephard | 3,560 | 54.24 | +9.09 | ||||
| Liberal | Sharon Teare | 1,471 | 22.41 | -3.58 | ||||
| Green | Joanna Killen | 938 | 14.29 | +5.53 | ||||
| People's Alliance | Paul Seelye | 394 | 6.00 | -7.87 | ||||
| New Democratic | Don Durant | 201 | 3.06 | -3.17 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 6,564 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 18 | 0.27 | ||||||
| Turnout | 6,582 | 63.39 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 10,384 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservativehold | Swing | +6.34 | ||||||
| 2018 New Brunswick general election:Saint John Lancaster | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Dorothy Shephard | 3,001 | 45.15 | +5.97 | ||||
| Liberal | Kathleen Riley-Karamanos | 1,727 | 25.99 | -6.35 | ||||
| People's Alliance | Paul Seelye | 922 | 13.87 | -- | ||||
| Green | Doug James | 582 | 8.76 | +4.53 | ||||
| New Democratic | Tony Mowery | 414 | 6.23 | -16.74 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 6,646 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Eligible voters | ||||||||
| 2014 New Brunswick general election:Saint John Lancaster | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Dorothy Shephard | 2,619 | 39.18 | -11.57 | ||||
| Liberal | Peter McGuire | 2,162 | 32.34 | -1.49 | ||||
| New Democratic | Abel LeBlanc | 1,535 | 22.97 | +12.79 | ||||
| Green | Ashley Durdle | 283 | 4.23 | +0.59 | ||||
| Independent | Mary Ellen Carpenter | 85 | 1.27 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 6,684 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 19 | 0.28 | ||||||
| Turnout | 6,703 | 62.67 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 10,696 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservativenotional hold | Swing | -5.04 | ||||||
| Independent candidate Mary Ellen Carpenter lost 2.37 percentage points from her performance in the 2010 election as a Green candidate. New Democratic candidateAbel LeBlanc lost 10.86 percentage points from his performance in the 2010 election as a Liberal candidate. | ||||||||
| Source: Elections New Brunswick[12] | ||||||||
| 2010 New Brunswick general election:Saint John Lancaster | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Dorothy Shephard | 3,429 | 50.75 | +13.91 | ||||
| Liberal | Abel LeBlanc | 2,286 | 33.83 | -25.16 | ||||
| New Democratic | Habib Kilisli | 688 | 10.18 | +6.01 | ||||
| Green | Mary Ellen Carpenter | 246 | 3.64 | – | ||||
| People's Alliance | Wendy Coughlin | 108 | 1.60 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 6,757 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 36 | 0.53 | ||||||
| Turnout | 6,793 | 66.74 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 10,178 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservativegain fromLiberal | Swing | +19.54 | ||||||
| Source: Elections New Brunswick[13] | ||||||||
Dorothy Shephard was shifted from the social development portfolio to become minister of health.
Bruce Fitch is now health minister, switching places with Dorothy Shephard,who moves from Health to Social Development
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