Rodney H. Weston (born March 28, 1964) is a businessman and politician in

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. He represented the Saint John

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as a Member of Parliament from 2008 until 2015.

Biography

Weston was born in

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, the son of Lester and Phyllis Weston. He was a post-secondary student at

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. Weston owned and operated a gas station and also was a trucking contractor as well as chief of the St. Martins Volunteer Fire Department. Weston entered public life in his service as deputy mayor for St. Martins. Weston ran to represent the riding of Saint John-Fundy in the

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as a Progressive Conservative member in the

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, coming second to

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incumbent Stuart Jamieson. He defeated Jamieson in

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and was Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries & Aquaculture from 2001 to 2003. In

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, Jamieson defeated Weston when he ran for re-election. After the election, the province's

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, hired him as his chief of staff.Deputy minister appointments, promotions, new assignments, Office of the Premier
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, Weston was elected as

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MP for the electoral district of Saint John, defeating incumbent

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. He was re-elected in

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but did not hold his seat, in the now renamed Saint John—Rothesay, when at the

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the Liberal Party of Canada won every seat east of Quebec. Weston personally lost to challenger Wayne Long, a business figure in Saint John. Weston ran in Saint John—Rothesay again in

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but was not elected, coming second behind Long.

Electoral record

Federal

Provincial

References

External links

New Brunswick MLAs, New Brunswick Legislative Library
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