George S. Rideout | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Moncton | |
| In office 21 November 1988 – 2 June 1997 | |
| Preceded by | Dennis Cochrane |
| Succeeded by | Claudette Bradshaw |
| Mayor of Moncton, New Brunswick | |
| In office May 1983 – December 1988 | |
| Preceded by | Dennis Cochrane |
| Succeeded by | Leopold Belliveau |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 January 1945 Moncton, New Brunswick |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Residence(s) | Moncton, New Brunswick |
| Profession | Attorney |
George Saunders Rideout (born 2 January 1945 in Moncton, New Brunswick) was a member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 1997. He was also the mayor of Moncton from 1983 to 1988. During his tenure as mayor, he laid the groundwork for Moncton's ascension as a regional hub of economic activity.
The son of two former federal Members of Parliament, Sherwood Rideout and Margaret Rideout, he was a lawyer by career, in practice with Stewart & Stratton and later Rideout & Robinson. Stepping down as mayor in 1988,[1] he won election for the Liberal party that year and in the following elections in 1993, representing the Moncton electoral district. Rideout thus served in the 34th and 35th Canadian Parliaments and in doing so, gave the Rideout family the distinction of being one of the few in Canada to have three separate family members to hold the same riding.
Rideout did not seek a third term in Parliament and left federal politics in 1997. Shortly afterwards, he was appointed to the Court of Queen's Bench of New Brunswick. He is still serving in that position.
Electoral history
| 1993 Canadian federal election: Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | George Rideout | 33,790 | 66.47 | +19.56 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Bernadette LeBlanc | 7,199 | 14.16 | -19.84 | ||||
| Reform | Clyde Woodworth | 6,294 | 12.38 | Ø | ||||
| New Democratic | Gérard Snow | 2,503 | 4.92 | -4.74 | ||||
| Christian Heritage | Isaac Legere | 561 | 1.10 | -0.69 | ||||
| Natural Law | Ronald Openshaw | 491 | 0.97 | Ø | ||||
| Total valid votes | 50,838 | |||||||
| 1988 Canadian federal election: Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | George Rideout | 23,823 | 46.91 | +19.11 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Dennis Cochrane | 17,267 | 34.00 | -23.17 | ||||
| New Democratic | Terry Boudreau | 4,904 | 9.66 | -4.91 | ||||
| Confederation of Regions | Robert Hyslop | 3,703 | 7.29 | Ø | ||||
| Christian Heritage | David Little | 909 | 1.79 | Ø | ||||
| Independent | John Robert Gallant | 175 | 0.34 | Ø | ||||
| Total valid votes | 50,781 | |||||||
References
- ↑ Edward W. Larracy, Resurgo: The History of Moncton, Volume II, City of Moncton, 1991, pp. 416, 472
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