Jody Carr

Jody Rochelle Carr, B.B.A. (born July 3, 1975) is a New Brunswick politician. He is the current member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick for the riding of Oromocto and served in the cabinet for part of 2006.

Carr was born in Saint John, New Brunswick, the son of Basil Carr and Debbie Johnston. He first got involved with politics in 1993 just after graduating from Oromocto High School as class president by volunteering in the 1993 federal election.

While still in university, Carr ran in the riding of Oromocto-Gagetown for the first time in the 1995 provincial election and was the youngest ever Progressive Conservative candidate for MLA in New Brunswick at the age of 20. Carr received 28% of the vote which was the best showing of all 8 PC candidates in the greater Fredericton Region. Though he was defeated in that election, he stayed involved in his riding and his party and co-chaired the 1997 leadership convention which elected Bernard Lord. Carr kept active in his riding while finishing his university degree at the University of New Brunswick. After graduating with a Bachelor of Business Administration Carr worked under Lord in the office of the official opposition before being elected with nearly 64% of the vote in the 1999 election at age 23. He was re-elected in 2003 while winning every poll with 62% of the vote.

On February 14 2006, Carr was named to the cabinet of Bernard Lord overseeing the new portfolio of Post-secondary Education and Training.

Carr was re-elected in the new riding of Oromocto in 2006 with 66% of the vote. However, the PC Party lost government and formed the opposition despite winning the popular vote.

Carr's twin brother, Jack, won the PC nomination for the newly formed riding of Grand Lake-Gagetown for the 2006 provincial election. Carr came within 200 votes of defeating incumbent Eugene McGinley.

With the recent resignation of former Premier Bernard Lord, Jody Carr has been mentioned as a potential leadership contender for the PC Party, with his youthful experience and intermediate French-speaking ability being his assets.

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References

* [http://www1.gnb.ca/legis/bios1/bio-e.asp?idNo=142&version=e MLA Bios, New Brunswick Government]

External links

* [http://www.jodycarr.ca/ Jody Carr's Website]