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

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and again from

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. His son, Mike Allen, later became a member of the

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. 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

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Richard Hatfield until after the 1982 election, in which the Conservatives won a large

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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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and he became house leader. He did not seek re-election in

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Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick MLAs New Brunswick Confederation of Regions Party MLAs Members of the Executive Council of New Brunswick 1920 births 2001 deaths {{NewBrunswick-MLA-stub