# Jack MacDougall > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jack_MacDougall > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jack_MacDougall.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_MacDougall > Source revision: 1347591936 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{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](/source/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](/source/Green_Party_of_New_Brunswick) (2008–)
[New Brunswick Liberal Association](/source/New_Brunswick_Liberal_Association) (–2008) | spouse = | children = | alma_mater = | awards = }} '''Jack MacDougall''' (born 1953) is a former [politician](/source/politician) in [New Brunswick](/source/New_Brunswick), Canada. He was owner-operator of a taxi business in [Saint John, New Brunswick](/source/Saint_John%2C_New_Brunswick) which he sold prior to 1982. In 1982, he led a 1-year, $1 million fundraising campaign to save the [Imperial Theatre](/source/Imperial_Theatre%2C_Saint_John).{{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}} He worked for the [Liberal Party of New Brunswick](/source/New_Brunswick_Liberal_Association) from 1984 to 1999. In 2002, he was an unsuccessful [candidate for leader of the party](/source/2002_New_Brunswick_Liberal_Association_leadership_election).{{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}} In August 2008, he was hired by the [Green Party of Canada](/source/Green_Party_of_Canada) as Maritimes Organizer.{{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}} On September 24, 2009, MacDougall was acclaimed the leader of the [Green Party of New Brunswick](/source/Green_Party_of_New_Brunswick).{{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}} In the [2010 general election](/source/2010_New_Brunswick_general_election), the Green Party polled 4.5 per cent of the vote and elected no members.{{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}} In his own riding of [Fredericton-Nashwaaksis](/source/Fredericton-Nashwaaksis), MacDougall finished third with 9.4 per cent of the vote. He resigned as leader on September 12, 2011.{{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}} He received an award "for breaking the mold" for his work in saving the Imperial Theatre in 2013. == Electoral record == {{CANelec/top|NB|2010|Fredericton-Nashwaaksis|percent=yes|change=yes}} {{CANelec|NB|PC|[Troy Lifford](/source/Troy_Lifford)|3,720|47.56|+0.57}} {{CANelec|NB|Liberal|[T.J. Burke](/source/T.J._Burke)|2,760|35.29|-13.85}} {{CANelec|NB|Green|Jack MacDougall|741|9.47|–}} {{CANelec|NB|NDP|Dana Brown|601|7.68|+3.81}} {{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|7,822|100.0  }} {{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{{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}}}} {{end}} {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" |- style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan="3"|[2002 New Brunswick Liberal Association leadership election](/source/2002_New_Brunswick_Liberal_Association_leadership_election)The Canadian Press. "New Brunswick Liberal leader gets down to work on next election," May 12, 2002.
May 12, 2002 |- ! style="width: 170px"|Candidate ! style="width: 50px"|Votes ! style="width: 40px"|% |- | style="width: 170px" | [Shawn Graham](/source/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](/source/List_of_Green_party_leaders_in_Canada) ==References== {{Reflist}} {{GPC}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Macdougall, Jack}} Category:Living people Category:Leaders of the Green Party of New Brunswick Category:New Brunswick Liberal Association politicians Category:1953 births {{NewBrunswick-politician-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Jack MacDougall](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_MacDougall) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_MacDougall?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.