Edward Joseph "Ed" Doherty, (born May 22, 1949) is a
New Brunswick
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ophthalmologist
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and
politician
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, who has served in the
Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
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representing the
riding of
Saint John Harbour
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He was born in
Moncton
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,
New Brunswick
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, the son of Joseph Doherty and Marion McMackin, and was educated in Moncton, at
St. Francis Xavier University
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and at
Dalhousie University
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. Doherty interned at the
Jewish General Hospital
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in
Montreal
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and practised in
Antigonish, Nova Scotia
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from 1975 to 1980. After continuing his medical studies at Dalhousie University, he set up practice in
Saint John in 1984,
[Athletic ophthalmologist a sight for sore eyes]
. ''National Review of Medicine'', June 30, 2005. retiring in 2006. Doherty also lectured in the Department of Ophthalmology at Dalhousie University, was a visiting ophthalmologist on the island of
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and, from 1994 to 2003, served as consulting eye physician for the
Saint John Flames
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A
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, he was elected in a
by-election
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on November 14, 2005, in a race for a seat previously held by the
New Democratic Party
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and in which the
Progressive Conservative Party's candidate was thought to be the frontrunner. Doherty's victory, by a margin of 55-26-18 over the PC and NDP candidates, respectively.
The Liberals were successful in gaining power in 2006 and Doherty was re-elected to his seat and joined the
cabinet
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thereafter. He was defeated in the
2010 election by
Carl Killen
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of the Progressive Conservatives, but defeated Killen to reclaim the seat in the
2014 election.
"Tight Saint John Harbour race in limbo for hours"
CBC News
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, September 23, 2014.
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1949 births
Canadian ophthalmologists
Living people
Members of the Executive Council of New Brunswick
New Brunswick Liberal Association MLAs
People from Moncton
Canadian politicians with disabilities
21st-century Canadian politicians