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  Weir, Elizabeth
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NameElizabeth Weir
Address11 Pagan Place
Saint John, New Brunswick , Canada
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Born February 20, 1948
Died Still Living (76 years)
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InfoElizabeth Jane Weir is a lawyer and politician in the Canadian Province of New Brunswick, Canada. She was elected leader of the New Democratic Party of New Brunswick in 1988 and became the strongest opposition voice to the Liberal government, which held all 58 seats in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick.

She was elected to the legislature in 1991 and was re-elected in 1995, 1999 and 2003. During this time, she has been the sole New Democrat in the legislature.

On October 8, 2004, Weir announced that she would be stepping down from the leadership of the NDP but would stay on until a successor was chosen. She also pledged to run for re-election to the legislature in the next general election however she eventually reversed this pledge. Allison Brewer was chosen as her successor at a September 2005 leadership convention and Weir resigned her seat from the legislature on October 13, 2005 to accept the appointment to be the first president and CEO of the new New Brunswick crown corporation the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Agency.


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  06/09/2003 NB Premier Lost 1.82% (-49.09%)
  06/09/2003 NB Legislative Assembly - Saint John Harbour Won 43.39% (+14.46%)
  01/25/2003 NDP Party President Lost 0.00% (-100.00%)
  06/07/1999 NB Premier Lost 1.82% (-78.18%)
  06/07/1999 NB Legislative Assembly - Saint John Harbour Won 46.58% (+20.38%)
  09/11/1995 NB Premier Lost 1.82% (-85.45%)
  09/11/1995 NB Legislative Assembly - Saint John Harbour Won 51.76% (+19.41%)
  09/23/1991 NB Premier Lost 1.72% (-77.59%)
  06/18/1988 NB NDP Leader Won 52.63% (+5.26%)
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