- Greg Byrne
Infobox_Politician
name = Greg Byrne
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birth_date =April 14 ,1960
birth_place = Harvey,New Brunswick
residence =
office1 = MLA for Fredericton-Fort Nashwaak
term_start1 = 1995
term_end1 = 1999
predecessor1 = new district
successor1 = Eric MacKenzie
office2 = MLA forFredericton-Lincoln
term_start2 = 2006
term_end2 =
predecessor2 = new district
successor2 = incumbent
party = Liberal
religion =
occupation =Greg Byrne, B.A., LL.B., Q.C. (born
April 14 1960 inHarvey, New Brunswick ) is alawyer and MLA in the province ofNew Brunswick ,Canada . He currently serves as a member of the provincial cabinet.Byrne was educated at
Fredericton High School ,Saint Thomas University (where he received a Bachelor of Arts in 1984) and theUniversity of New Brunswick (where he received a Bachelor of Laws in 1987).A Liberal, he was elected to the
Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the 1995 provincial election. He joined the cabinet ofFrank McKenna in 1997 asjunior minister responsible for mines and energy. He resigned from cabinet in 1998 in order to run in theleadership convention to replace McKenna who had resigned later in 1997. Byrne finished second toCamille Thériault at the convention. Thériault named Byrne to his cabinet in the more senior roles ofAttorney General of New Brunswick andGovernment House Leader .Like many of his Liberal colleagues, Byrne fell victim to the massive Progressive Conservative sweep in the 1999 election, losing his seat by only 264.
In 2002, he co-chaired the successful leadership bid of
Shawn Graham to succeed Thériault. In 2003, he was elected president of the New Brunswick Liberals and he was re-elected in 2005. Byrne ran and won the riding ofFredericton-Lincoln running as a Liberal candidate in the 2006 election. Following the election, he was returned to the cabinet as Minister ofBusiness New Brunswick and stepped down as president of the party.ources
* [http://web.archive.org/web/19990417084909/http://www.gov.nb.ca/legis/mla/byrnee.htm Cache of Byrne's bio from the New Brunswick Legislature]
* [http://gnb.ca/elections/99prov/99result44-e.asp Results of the 1999 election in Fredericton-Fort Nashwaak]
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