Brian Thomas Macdonald is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the

Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick A legislature is an deliberative assembly, assembly with the authority to make laws for a Polity, political entity such as a Sovereign state, country or city. They are often contrasted with the Executive (government), executive and Judiciary, ...

in the 2010 provincial election. He represented the electoral district of

Fredericton West-Hanwell Fredericton West-Hanwell (french: Fredericton-Ouest-Hanwell) is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It was first contested in the 2014 general election, having been created in the 2013 redis ...

(and previously for

Fredericton-Silverwood Fredericton-Silverwood was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It was first created using the name Fredericton South in the 1973 redrawing of electoral districts by splitting the two-member d ...

) until 2018 as a member of the Progressive Conservatives. Macdonald served as Government Whip and Legislative Secretary to the Premier with responsible for Intergovernmental Affairs and Military Affairs from 2010 to 2014. In the 2014 provincial election he was elected in the new riding of

defeating

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leader

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. On January 21, 2016, Macdonald announced his candidacy for the

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of the Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick. On June 22, 2016 Macdonald helped to unveil the LAV Memorial for Canadian soldiers killed in Afghanistan in Oromocto.

Personal

Before entering provincial politics, Macdonald served in the

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and worked in

Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...

. He had served as a policy advisor to the previous Minister of National Defence

Peter Mackay Peter Gordon MacKay (born September 27, 1965) is a Canadian lawyer and politician. He was a Member of Parliament from 1997 to 2015 and has served as Minister of Justice and Attorney General (2013–2015), Minister of National Defence (2007� ...

Education

Macdonald studied politics and history at the

Royal Military College of Canada '') , established = 1876 , type = Military academy , chancellor = Anita Anand ('' la, ex officio, label=none'' as Defence Minister) , principal = Harry Kowal , head_label ...

. Macdonald did his graduate studies in England at the

London School of Economics , mottoeng = To understand the causes of things , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £240.8 million (2021) , budget = £391.1 millio ...

where he earned his master's degree in politics as a Mackenzie King Travelling Scholar.

References

External links

Brian Macdonald Campaign Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Macdonald, Brian Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick MLAs Living people Politicians from Fredericton University of King's College alumni Royal Military College of Canada alumni Alumni of the London School of Economics 21st-century Canadian politicians Year of birth missing (living people)