Milton A. Sherwood (born January 28, 1939 in Upham,

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) is a former

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in the

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, Canada. In the early 1960s, he moved to Westfield, New Brunswick where he operated a

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business for many years. Sherwood studied at the

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, graduating in 1963 with a

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degree. A member of the Progressive Conservative Party, he was elected to the

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and

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. In

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from 1995 to 1999, he served as critic for various departments and served from 1997 to 1998 as

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under

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. Following the 1999 election, he served in the

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first as

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and then, when that department was merged into the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Aquaculture he served as

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. He was dropped from the cabinet in a 2001

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and though re-elected in 2003, he did not run for re-election in 2006. Sherwood married Lois Lingley.

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sherwood, Milt Living people 20th-century Canadian politicians 21st-century Canadian politicians University of New Brunswick alumni Canadian printers Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick MLAs Members of the Executive Council of New Brunswick People from Kings County, New Brunswick 1939 births