Wilfred Bishop

{{short description|Canadian politician}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{use mdy dates|date=October 2022}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Wilfred Bishop | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = 1917 | birth_place = Chipman, New Brunswick, New Brunswick, Canada | death_date = March 1, 2004 | death_place = | office1 = MLA for Queens | term_start1 = 1952 | term_end1 = 1974 | predecessor1 = Edward Darrah, H. C. Parker | alongside1 = J. Arthur Moore (1952–1967), Robert McCready (1967–1974) | successor1 = riding dissolved | office2 = MLA for Queens North | term_start2 = 1974 | term_end2 = 1987 | predecessor2 = first member | successor2 = Doug Tyler | party = Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick | profession = | occupation = | spouse = | children = }} '''Wilfred Bishop''' (1917 – March 1, 2004) was a Canadian politician,<ref name=globeobit>"MLA served 35 years in N.B. Legislature". ''The Globe and Mail'', March 4, 2004.</ref> who was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1952 to 1987.<ref name=globeobit/> He is the longest-serving MLA in the history of the body.<ref name=globeobit/>

Originally from Chipman, New Brunswick, Bishop ran a logging and sawmill business in Queens County prior to his election to the legislature.<ref name=globeobit/>

He served in the Executive Council of New Brunswick as Minister of Natural Resources,<ref name=globeobit/> Minister of Transportation<ref>"Hatfield Cabinet increases by four after vote sweep". ''The Globe and Mail'', November 1, 1982.</ref> and President of the Executive Council<ref>"A timely moment to go mute". ''The Globe and Mail'', September 18, 1986.</ref> in the government of Richard Hatfield. Following the 1987 provincial election, in which the opposition Liberals won every seat in the legislature and left the Conservatives seatless, Bishop was a candidate for the interim leadership of the party,<ref>"Sifting the ashes: Have New Brunswick's Tories learned anything from the October election massacre?". ''The Globe and Mail'', November 28, 1987.</ref> but lost to Malcolm MacLeod.

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