L. Joan MacAlpine-Stiles (known earlier in her career as Joan MacAlpine) is a

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in the

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, Canada. She served as Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for

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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

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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

. She did not stand for reelection in 2010.

Election results

2006 election

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2003 election

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, Norman Branch, , align=2710, , align=41.14, , align=+4.56, , align=$14,473 , - ,

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1999 election

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, , align=2645, , align=36.58, , align=-25.25, , align=$17,326 , - ,

, Teresa Sullivan, , align=687, , align=9.50, , align=+1.26, , align=$2,650 , - , colspan=3 align=Total valid votes/expense limit, , align=7230, , align=100.00, , align=right colspan=2, $24,708 , - , colspan=3 align=Total rejected ballots, , align=22, , align=0.20, , colspan=2, , - , colspan=3 align=Turnout, , align=7252, , align=67.53, , align=+4.81, , , , - , colspan=3 align=Electors on list, , align=10,739, , colspan=3, , - , bgcolor="#9999FF", , style="width: 180px" colspan=2, Progressive Conservative gain from

, align=Swing, , align=+30.76, , colspan=2,

Notes

References

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