{{Short description|New Brunswick green politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Jack MacDougall | birth_name = | image = Image:JackMacDougall.jpg | caption = MacDougall in August 2010 | image_size = | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1953}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | resting_place = | office1 = Leader of the Green Party of New Brunswick | term_start1 = 2009 | term_end1 = 2011 | predecessor1 = Erik Millett (''interim'') | successor1 = Greta Doucet (''interim'') | party = Green Party of New Brunswick (2008–)<br>New Brunswick Liberal Association (–2008) | spouse = | children = | alma_mater = | awards = }}

'''Jack MacDougall''' (born 1953) is a former politician in New Brunswick, Canada.

He was owner-operator of a taxi business in Saint John, New Brunswick which he sold prior to 1982. In 1982, he led a 1-year, $1 million fundraising campaign to save the Imperial Theatre.<ref name="curtain call">{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/jack-mcdougall-gets-curtain-call-as-theatre-saviour-1.1860143|title=Jack McDougall gets curtain call as theatre saviour|work=CBC News|date=September 19, 2013|accessdate=2014-11-09}}</ref> He worked for the Liberal Party of New Brunswick from 1984 to 1999. In 2002, he was an unsuccessful candidate for leader of the party.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/n-b-liberals-pick-new-leader-1.321285|title=N.B. Liberals pick new leader|work=CBC News|date=May 11, 2002|access-date=2014-11-09}}</ref> In August 2008, he was hired by the Green Party of Canada as Maritimes Organizer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/long-time-n-b-grit-turns-green-1.746307|title=Long-time N.B. Grit turns Green|work=CBC News|date=August 26, 2008|accessdate=2014-11-09}}</ref>

On September 24, 2009, MacDougall was acclaimed the leader of the Green Party of New Brunswick.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/macdougall-acclaimed-as-new-n-b-green-party-leader-1.832242|title=MacDougall acclaimed as new N.B. Green Party leader|work=CBC News|date=September 24, 2009|access-date=2014-11-09}}</ref> In the 2010 general election, the Green Party polled 4.5 per cent of the vote and elected no members.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/no-seats-for-green-party-1.949674|title=No seats for Green Party|work=CBC News|date=September 27, 2010|access-date=2014-11-09}}</ref> In his own riding of Fredericton-Nashwaaksis, MacDougall finished third with 9.4 per cent of the vote.<ref name="MacDougall resigns"/> He resigned as leader on September 12, 2011.<ref name="MacDougall resigns">{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/jack-macdougall-resigns-as-green-party-leader-1.1029698|title=Jack MacDougall resigns as Green Party leader|work=CBC News|date=September 12, 2011|access-date=2014-11-09}}</ref>

He received an award "for breaking the mold" for his work in saving the Imperial Theatre in 2013.<ref name="curtain call"/>

== Electoral record == {{CANelec/top|NB|2010|Fredericton-Nashwaaksis|percent=yes|change=yes}} {{CANelec|NB|PC|Troy Lifford|3,720|47.56|+0.57}} {{CANelec|NB|Liberal|T.J. Burke|2,760|35.29|-13.85}} {{CANelec|NB|Green|Jack MacDougall|741|9.47|&ndash;}} {{CANelec|NB|NDP|Dana Brown|601|7.68|+3.81}} {{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|7,822|100.0 &nbsp;}} {{CANelec/total|Total rejected ballots|32|0.41}} {{CANelec/total|Turnout|7,854|69.93}} {{CANelec/total|Eligible voters|11,232}} {{CANelec/gain|NB|PC|Liberal|+7.21}} {{CANelec/source|Source: Elections New Brunswick<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.electionsnb.ca/content/dam/enb/pdf/2010ProvRpt.pdf|title=Thirty-seventh General Election - Report of the Chief Electoral Officer|author=Elections New Brunswick|date=2010|access-date=2 January 2015}}</ref>}} {{end}}

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" |- style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan="3"|2002 New Brunswick Liberal Association leadership election<ref>The Canadian Press. "New Brunswick Liberal leader gets down to work on next election," May 12, 2002.</ref><br />May 12, 2002 |- ! style="width: 170px"|Candidate ! style="width: 50px"|Votes ! style="width: 40px"|% |- | style="width: 170px" | Shawn Graham | align="right" | 1,349 | align="right" | 74.5 |- | style="width: 170px" | Jack MacDougall | align="right" | 461 | align="right" | 25.5 |}

== See also == *List of Green party leaders in Canada

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