Jody Rochelle Carr (born July 3, 1975) is a

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. He is a former member of the

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, from 1999 to 2018, and served in the

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for part of 2006 as well as 2010-2014.

Political career

He first got involved with politics in 1993 just after graduating from Oromocto High School as class president by volunteering in the 1993 federal election. While still in university, Carr ran in the riding of Oromocto-Gagetown for the first time in the 1995 provincial election and was the youngest ever Progressive Conservative candidate for MLA in New Brunswick at the age of 20. Carr received 28% of the vote which was the best showing of all 8 PC candidates in the greater Fredericton Region. Though he was defeated in that election, he stayed involved in his riding and his party and co-chaired the 1997

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which elected

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. Carr kept active in his riding while finishing his university degree at the

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. After graduating with a

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Carr worked under Lord in the office of the

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before being elected with nearly 64% of the vote in the 1999 election at age 23. He was re-elected in

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with 62% of the vote. On February 14, 2006, Carr was named to the cabinet of Bernard Lord overseeing the new portfolio of Post-secondary Education and Training. Carr was re-elected in the new riding of Oromocto in

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with 66% of the vote. However, the PC Party lost government and formed the

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despite winning the popular vote. On November 3, 2008, Carr's twin brother,

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, was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in a byelection in the electoral district of New Maryland-Sunbury West. On September 27, 2010, Carr was re-elected with over 81% of the vote. His closest opponent garnered only 12% in the Oromocto riding."New Brunswick Votes 2010 Interactive Results Map"

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, September 28, 2010. Carr was reelected in the redistributed riding of

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in the 2014 provincial election. His brother Jack did not stand for reelection, but was instead succeeded by their older brother

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Personal life

Jody Rochelle Carr was born on July 3, 1975 in

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. He has an older brother Jeff Carr and is the twin brother to Jack Carr. The family moved to

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shortly after Carr's birth. Carr attended Oromocto High School and graduated in 1993. He then pursued a business degree from the

. In 2001, Carr married Krista Barker and they now have two children, Taylor Carr (born November 29, 2003) and Madison Carr (born June 16, 2006.) In 2014, Carr went back to school to pursue a law degree and graduated in 2018. He is now a successful lawyer and has since opened his own law firm, Jody R. Carr Law Office.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Carr, Jody 1975 births Living people University of New Brunswick alumni Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick MLAs Members of the Executive Council of New Brunswick Politicians from Saint John, New Brunswick Canadian twins 21st-century Canadian politicians