Sherry Wilson
Sherry Wilson | |
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.jpg) Wilson in 2024 | |
| Minister responsible for Addictions and Mental Health Services | |
| Assumed office June 27, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Bruce Fitch |
| Minister of Service New Brunswick | |
| In office November 9, 2018 – September 29, 2020 | |
| Premier | Blaine Higgs |
| Preceded by | Benoît Bourque |
| Succeeded by | Mary Wilson |
| Member of the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly for Moncton Southwest | |
| Assumed office September 22, 2014 | |
| Preceded by | District created |
| Member of the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly for Petitcodiac | |
| In office September 27, 2010 – September 22, 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Wally Stiles |
| Succeeded by | District abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
Sherry Wilson is a Canadian provincial politician, who is a member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick. She was first elected to the legislature in 2010.
Early life
[edit]Wilson grew up on a dairy farm in Intervale, New Brunswick and attended schools in Petitcodiac. She is one of nine children. Following high school, she completed a business and secretarial course at Campbellton Community College.
Before politics
[edit]After college she began working at Hub Meat Packers in Moncton where she was Credit Manager Assistant and after moving to Edmonton, Alberta, she worked at the University Hospital in administration. She returned to Riverview and bought her own business in 1984, which she has owned for 26 years.
Wilson also volunteered for the RCMP from 1991 to 1999 as Victim Services Coordinator. In 2002 and 2003, she was the president of the Downtown Riverview Business Association and in 2004 she was elected to Riverview Town Council and was re-elected in 2008. She sat on the Codiac Regional Policing Authority Board, D.A.R.E., Tri Community Council Liaison, Immigration Board, and served as deputy mayor in 2005.[1]
Political career
[edit]Wilson ran for a seat to the New Brunswick Legislature in the 2010 provincial election. She stood as a Progressive Conservative candidate in the electoral district of Petitcodiac. She defeated former cabinet minister and floor crosser Wally Stiles to take back the seat for her party.[2]
Wilson was re-elected to the 58th Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick September 22, 2014, to represent the riding of Moncton Southwest.
Since November 9, 2018, she has served as Minister of Service New Brunswick and Minister responsible for Women's Equality, in the Progressive Conservative government of Premier Blaine Higgs.[3]
Wilson was re-elected in the 2018 and 2020 provincial elections. She is running in the 2024 election in Albert-Riverview.[4]
In October 2024, Wilson released a 2024 National Day for Truth and Reconciliation statement on her campaign page in which she compared residential schools to the parental rights movement, specifically making a comparison to the original version of Policy 713. Her statement received criticism from opposition parties, with several indigenous peoples also calling for her withdrawal as a candidate for the party,[4][5] including by Pabineau First Nation Chief Terry Richardson as well as by the six Wolastoqey Nation chiefs, who released a statement reading: "That she would try to draw this dog-whistle comparison on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation should make every New Brunswicker ashamed that she was recently a minister for this province in the Higgs government."[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "MLA Sherry Wilson | Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick | PCNB". Archived from the original on 2010-12-04. Retrieved 2010-09-29. PC NB: Sherry Wilson bio
- ^ "New Brunswick Votes 2010: Petitcodiac". CBC News. Retrieved September 27, 2010.
- ^ Legistrature of New Brunswick, Canada. "58th Legislative Assembly Biographies, Sherry Wilson". www1.gnb.ca. Retrieved 2020-05-15.
- ^ a b Waugh, Andrew (October 1, 2024). "UPDATE: PC candidate compares residential schools, parents' rights". Telegraph-Journal. Retrieved October 1, 2024.
- ^ Poitras, Jacques (October 1, 2024). "PC candidate compares original 2SLGBTQ+ policy to Indigenous residential schools". CBC News. Retrieved October 1, 2024.
- ^ Alam, Hina (October 1, 2024). "Conservative candidate in New Brunswick election compares LGBTQ policy to residential schools". The Globe and Mail. The Canadian Press. Retrieved October 1, 2024.
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