Eugene Gregory Bernard McGinley (July 31, 1935 – July 16, 2019) was a

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in the

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, Canada. He was elected to the

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in a 1972

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to represent the

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of Bathurst and was re-elected in

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following which he retired from politics. He was re-elected in

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to represent the district of Grand Lake. On February 6, 2007 he was elected

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of the legislature defeating

Tony Huntjens Antoon J. "Tony" Huntjens (born January 1, 1939, in Limburg, Netherlands) is a former teacher and New Brunswick politician. A resident of St. Stephen, New Brunswick, where he taught High School for thirty-three years, he was a member of the Legisl ...

and

Wally Stiles R. Wallis "Wally" Stiles (born October 18, 1950 in Sussex, New Brunswick, Canada) is a New Brunswick politician. He represented the electoral district of Petitcodiac in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1999–2010. On September 1 ...

on the first ballot. He resigned the speakership on October 31, 2007 to accept an appointment to the

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as Minister of State for Seniors and Housing. He was left out of cabinet following a November 2008 cabinet shuffle. McGinley did not reoffer in the 2010 election. McGinley was educated at the

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and in Texas. He went on to practice law in Bathurst. McGinley was named

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in 1985.

References

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