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Ed Allen (politician)
Edwin Gerald Allen (March 8, 1920 – January 10, 2001) was a New Brunswick politician. He was born in Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1978 to 1987 and again from 1991 to 1995. His son, Mike Allen, later became a member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was first elected to the then-safe Progressive Conservative seat of Fredericton North in the 1978 election that produced a nearly deadlocked legislature. He sat as a backbench supporter of Premier Richard Hatfield until after the 1982 election, in which the Conservatives won a large majority, when he was named to the cabinet as Minister of Supply and Services. He was defeated in the 1987 election which saw the PC Party lose all of its seats. Following his defeat, he became a member of the new Confederation of Regions Party, known as CoR, which was formed by many anglophone conservatives. Running under the CoR banner he was re-elected to his old seat in 1991. CoR formed the ...
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New Brunswick (french: Nouveau-Brunswick, , locally ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. It is the only province with both English and French as its official languages. New Brunswick is bordered by Quebec to the north, Nova Scotia to the east, the Gulf of Saint Lawrence to the northeast, the Bay of Fundy to the southeast, and the U.S. state of Maine to the west. New Brunswick is about 83% forested and its northern half is occupied by the Appalachians. The province's climate is continental with snowy winters and temperate summers. New Brunswick has a surface area of and 775,610 inhabitants (2021 census). Atypically for Canada, only about half of the population lives in urban areas. New Brunswick's largest cities are Moncton and Saint John, while its capital is Fredericton. In 1969, New Brunswick passed the Official Languages Act which began recognizing French as an ...
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