Susan Holt is a

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politician, who has been the leader of the

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since August 6, 2022,

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since May 9, 2023, and MLA for

Bathurst East-Nepisiguit-Saint-Isidore Bathurst East-Nepisiguit-Saint-Isidore (french: Bathurst-Est-Nepisiguit-Saint-Isidore) is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It was first contested in the 2014 general election, and it was ...

since April 24, 2023. Holt worked as chief growth officer for Fredericton software companies Plato Testing and PQA, and has served as president of the New Brunswick Business Council.Jacques Poitras
"Tech executive, former adviser to Brian Gallant running for Liberal leadership"

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New Brunswick, February 14, 2022. She ran as the Liberal candidate in

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in the

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, losing to New Brunswick Green Party leader

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. As Holt was not currently a sitting member of the

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, Liberal MLA (Member of the Legislative Assembly)

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offered in August 2022 to resign his seat so that Holt could run in a

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. In November 2022, Holt announced that she would accept his offer and run in Landry's riding of

. Landry then confirmed that he was resigning the seat. On April 24, 2023, Holt won a

in Bathurst East-Nepisiguit-Saint-Isidore to win a seat in the Legislative Assembly. This enables her to become official opposition leader for New Brunswick.

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