Michael Robert Olscamp is a

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in the

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, Canada, and a retired teacher. He was elected to the

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in the 2006 election as the Progressive Conservative MLA for Tantramar. He did not win re-election in 2014.

Biography

He graduated from Campbellton Composite High School and then achieved journeyman status as an electrician. In 1972–73, he enrolled in the Vocational Teacher Training Program at the New Brunswick Institute of Technology in

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. He then went on to earn a Bachelor of Education from the

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. Olscamp taught vocational education at

Tantramar Regional High School Tantramar Regional High School, is a Canadian secondary school located in Sackville, New Brunswick. It is home to the Tantramar Wetlands Centre, a program that aims to provide outdoor education for students. The Tantramar Wetlands Centre was f ...

in Sackville. After teaching he was vice-principal of the high school in the 1980s. He was then recruited as Director of Inmate Programs at minimum security Westmorland Institution in Dorchester. He decided to return to a career in the field of public education by teaching at Port Elgin Regional Memorial School for four years. He then returned to Tantramar Regional High School and taught French. Bio of Mike Olscamp A sports enthusiast, Olscamp spent three decades coaching the Tantramar area youth. He coached basketball from the elementary through high school levels winning three provincial championships at the high school level. Prior to being elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, he served as the assistant coach of the

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Men's basketball team. He is married to Karen and has two sons, Andrew and William.

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Living people Canadian schoolteachers Members of the Executive Council of New Brunswick People from Campbellton, New Brunswick Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick MLAs 21st-century Canadian politicians U Sports coaches Year of birth missing (living people) {{NewBrunswick-MLA-stub