Carl Urquhart is a former

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in the

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, Canada. He was elected to the

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in the 2006 election as the Progressive Conservative MLA for

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. He represented that district until the 2014 election, when he was reelected in the redistributed riding of

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. Urquhart was re-elected in the 2018 provincial election and served as a Minister under

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. He did not re-offer in the 2020 election.

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Living people Members of the Executive Council of New Brunswick Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick MLAs 21st-century members of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick Year of birth missing (living people) {{ProgressiveConservative-NewBrunswick-MLA-stub