L. Joan MacAlpine-Stiles (known earlier in her career as Joan MacAlpine) is a
politician
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in the
province
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of
New Brunswick
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, Canada. She served as Member of the
Legislative Assembly (MLA) for
Moncton West
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It was created in 1973 out of the multi-member district of ...
from 1999 until 2010. She is the wife of fellow MLA
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 ...
; they were married while in office in 2005.
She previously served in the
province's cabinet from 1999 to 2006.
MacAlpine was elected to the
Moncton City Council
The Moncton City Council (french: Conseil municipal de Moncton) is the governing body of the City of Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. It consists of a mayor and ten councillors elected to four-year terms. The council is non-partisan with the mayor s ...
in 1992, 1995 and 1998 before resigning to accept her seat in the legislature.
On April 17, 2007, she announced that she would cross the floor to join the Liberal party, along with her husband and fellow MLA
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 ...
. She did not stand for reelection in 2010.
Election results
2006 election
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Progressive Conservative
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Liberal
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2003 election
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Progressive Conservative
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Liberal
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NDP
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Grey Party
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1999 election
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Progressive Conservative
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Liberal
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Arts, entertainment and m ...
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Jim Lockyer
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NDP
NDP may stand for:
Computing
* Neighbor Discovery Protocol, an Internet protocol
* Nortel Discovery Protocol, a layer two Internet protocol, also called SONMP
* Nondeterministic programming, a type of computer language
Government
* National Deve ...
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Progressive Conservative gain from
Liberal
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Notes
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Living people
Members of the Executive Council of New Brunswick
New Brunswick Liberal Association MLAs
Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick MLAs
Women MLAs in New Brunswick
Moncton city councillors
Women government ministers of Canada
Women municipal councillors in Canada
21st-century Canadian politicians
21st-century Canadian women politicians
Year of birth missing (living people)