Louis-Philippe McGraw (born October 26, 1971, in Sainte-Rose,

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) is a

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in the

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, Canada. He is a former member of the

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, having served from 1999 to 2003. In 2008 he was appointed Commissioner and Vice-President of the National Parole Board. McGraw studied at the University of Moncton, graduating with

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, and

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degrees. He was admitted to the Bar of New Brunswick in 1997 and set up a law practice in Saint-Isidore. Louis-Philippe McGraw began his involvement in politics as a Liberal and was youth chair of

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's unsuccessful bid for the Liberal leadership in 1998. He joined the

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and was elected to the 54th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly in

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to represent the

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of Centre-Péninsule. He was defeated in a bid for re-election in

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, whom McGraw had defeated in 1999. McGraw was defeated in a third rematch against Landry in the 2006 election. From the 2006 federal election until the provincial campaign later that year, McGraw served as an advisor to federal cabinet minister

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