# Rodney Weston > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Rodney_Weston > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Rodney_Weston.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Weston > Source revision: 1350278474 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Canadian businessman and politician}} {{Update|date=September 2019}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Rodney H. Weston | honorific_suffix = | image = | riding = [Saint John](/source/Saint_John_(electoral_district)) | parliament = Canadian | term_start = October 14, 2008 | term_end = August 4, 2015 | predecessor = [Paul Zed](/source/Paul_Zed) | successor = [Wayne Long](/source/Wayne_Long) | constituency_AM2 = [Saint John-Fundy](/source/Saint_John-Fundy) | assembly2 = New Brunswick Legislative | term_start2 = 1999 | term_end2 = 2003 | predecessor2 = [Stuart Jamieson](/source/Stuart_Jamieson) | successor2 = [Stuart Jamieson](/source/Stuart_Jamieson) | office3 = Chairman of the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans | term_start3 = February 3, 2009 | term_end3 = August 4, 2015 | predecessor3 = [Fabian Manning](/source/Fabian_Manning) | successor3 = [Scott Simms](/source/Scott_Simms) | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1964|03|28}} | birth_place = [Saint John](/source/Saint_John%2C_New_Brunswick), [New Brunswick](/source/New_Brunswick) | death_date = | death_place = | party = [Conservative](/source/Conservative_Party_of_Canada) | spouse = Dawn Connolly | profession = Small business owner/operator | footnotes = }} '''Rodney H. Weston''' (born March 28, 1964) is a businessman and politician in [New Brunswick](/source/New_Brunswick), [Canada](/source/Canada). He represented the [Saint John](/source/Saint_John%E2%80%94Rothesay) [electoral district](/source/Electoral_district_(Canada)) as a [Member of Parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament_(Canada)) from 2008 until 2015. ==Biography== Weston was born in [Saint John, New Brunswick](/source/Saint_John%2C_New_Brunswick), the son of Lester and Phyllis Weston. He was a post-secondary student at [New Brunswick Community College](/source/New_Brunswick_Community_College). Weston owned and operated a gas station and also was a trucking contractor as well as chief of the St. Martins Volunteer Fire Department. Weston entered public life in his service as deputy mayor for [St. Martins](/source/St._Martins%2C_New_Brunswick). Weston ran to represent the riding of [Saint John-Fundy](/source/Saint_John-Fundy) in the [Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick](/source/Legislative_Assembly_of_New_Brunswick) as a [Progressive Conservative](/source/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_New_Brunswick) member in the [1995 New Brunswick general election](/source/1995_New_Brunswick_general_election), coming second to [Liberal](/source/New_Brunswick_Liberal_Association) incumbent [Stuart Jamieson](/source/Stuart_Jamieson). He defeated Jamieson in [1999](/source/1999_New_Brunswick_general_election) and was [Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries & Aquaculture](/source/Department_of_Agriculture%2C_Fisheries_and_Aquaculture_(New_Brunswick)) from 2001 to 2003. In [2003](/source/2003_New_Brunswick_general_election), Jamieson defeated Weston when he ran for re-election. After the election, the province's [premier](/source/Premier_of_New_Brunswick), [Bernard Lord](/source/Bernard_Lord), hired him as his chief of staff.[http://www.gnb.ca/cnb/news/ex/2003e0812ex.htm Deputy minister appointments, promotions, new assignments, Office of the Premier] In his first foray into federal politics, in [2008](/source/2008_Canadian_federal_election), Weston was elected as [Conservative](/source/Conservative_Party_of_Canada) MP for the electoral district of [Saint John](/source/Saint_John%E2%80%94Rothesay), defeating incumbent [Liberal](/source/Liberal_Party_of_Canada) [Paul Zed](/source/Paul_Zed). He was re-elected in [2011](/source/2011_Canadian_federal_election) but did not hold his seat, in the now renamed Saint John—Rothesay, when at the [2015 Canadian federal election](/source/2015_Canadian_federal_election) the Liberal Party of Canada won every seat east of Quebec. Weston personally lost to challenger [Wayne Long](/source/Wayne_Long), a business figure in Saint John. Weston ran in Saint John—Rothesay again in [2019](/source/2019_Canadian_federal_election) but was not elected, coming second behind Long. ==Electoral record== ===Federal=== {{2019 Canadian federal election/Saint John—Rothesay}} {{2015 Canadian federal election/Saint John—Rothesay}} {{2011 Canadian federal election/Saint John—Rothesay}} {{2008 Canadian federal election/Saint John—Rothesay}} ===Provincial=== {{CANelec/top|NB|2003|Saint John-Fundy|percent=yes|change=yes}} {{CANelec|NB|Liberal|[Stuart Jamieson](/source/Stuart_Jamieson)|2,698|47.68|+15.54}} {{CANelec|NB|PC|'''Rodney Weston'''|2,271|40.14|-17.60}} {{CANelec|NB|NDP|Liam Freill|517|9.14|+0.93}} {{CANelec|NB|Grey|Marjorie MacMurray|172|3.04|–}} {{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|5,658|100.0  }} {{CANelec/gain|NB|Liberal|PC|+16.57}} {{end}} {{CANelec/top|NB|1999|Saint John-Fundy|percent=yes|change=yes}} {{CANelec|NB|PC|'''Rodney Weston'''|3,473|57.74|+19.71}} {{CANelec|NB|Liberal|[Stuart Jamieson](/source/Stuart_Jamieson)|1,933|32.14|-8.98}} {{CANelec|NB|NDP|Robert E. Holmes-Lauder|494|8.21|-8.06}} {{CANelec|NB|CoR|David Lytle|115|1.91|-1.85}} {{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|6,015|100.0  }} {{CANelec/gain|NB|PC|Liberal|+14.34}} {{end}} {{CANelec/top|NB|1995|Saint John-Fundy|percent=yes|change=yes}} {{CANelec|NB|Liberal|[Stuart Jamieson](/source/Stuart_Jamieson)|2,447|41.12|+9.60}} {{CANelec|NB|PC|'''Rodney Weston'''|2,263|38.03|+9.07}} {{CANelec|NB|NDP|Aubrey Fougere|968|16.27|+3.35}} {{CANelec|NB|CoR|Bernard Toole|224|3.76|-22.85}} {{CANelec|CA|Natural Law|Phyllis Johnston|49|0.82|–}} {{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|5,951|100.0  }} {{CANelec/hold|NB|Liberal|+0.26}} {{end}} == References == {{reflist}} ==External links== *[http://www.gnb.ca/legis/publications/bio2000.pdf New Brunswick MLAs, New Brunswick Legislative Library] (pdf) *{{Canadian Parliament links|ID=17266}} {{s-start}} {{Canadian cabinet member navigational box header |ministry=Bernard_Lord}} {{ministry box cabinet posts | post1 = [Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries & Aquaculture](/source/Department_of_Agriculture%2C_Fisheries_and_Aquaculture_(New_Brunswick)) | post1years = 2001–2003 | post1note = | post1preceded = [Paul Robichaud](/source/Paul_Robichaud) | post1followed = [David Alward](/source/David_Alward) }} {{s-end}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Weston, Rodney}} Category:1964 births Category:Conservative Party of Canada MPs Category:Living people Category:Members of the House of Commons of Canada from New Brunswick Category:Politicians from Saint John, New Brunswick Category:Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick MLAs Category:21st-century members of the House of Commons of Canada Category:Members of the Executive Council of New Brunswick Category:20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick Category:21st-century members of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Rodney Weston](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Weston) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Weston?action=history)). 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