Nancy Elizabeth Teed (February 26, 1949 – January 29, 1993) was a

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politician. Born in

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, she was elected to

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in the riding of Saint John South in the 1978 election. A Progressive Conservative, she was re-elected in

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. She held three positions in the cabinet of

Richard Hatfield Richard Bennett Hatfield (April 9, 1931 – April 26, 1991) was a New Brunswick politician and the longest serving premier of New Brunswick from 1970 to 1987.Richard Starr, ''Richard Hatfield, The Seventeen Year Saga,'' 1987, Early life ...

: Minister of Social Services, Minister of Health and Community Services, and Minister responsible for the Alcoholism and Drug Dependency Commission. She was summoned to the

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in 1990 representing the senatorial division of Saint John, NB sitting as a Progressive Conservative. She was killed in a car accident near

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in January 1993, while in office as Senator. Her funeral was held at Trinity Anglican Church in

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