He was elected to the Moncton City Council in 1977 and he was elected Mayor of Moncton in 1979,[1] being re-elected in 1980. In 1983, he was Councillor-at-Large of Moncton. He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada representing the riding of Moncton in the 1984 as a Progressive Conservative (PC). He was defeated in 1988.
He resigned at the end of 2009 when he accepted a position as Interim President and Vice Chancellor of St. Thomas University (New Brunswick) effective January 2010, replacing outgoing Michael W. Higgins. This appointment continued until 1 July 2011,[2] when he was succeeded by Dawn Russell.[3]
dennis, cochrane, confused, with, dennis, cochran, dennis, cochrane, born, october, 1950, moncton, brunswick, canadian, politician, civil, servant, leader, progressive, conservative, party, brunswickin, office, 1991, 1995mayor, monctonin, office, 1979, 1983pre. Not to be confused with Dennis Cochran Dennis H Cochrane CM born 26 October 1950 in Moncton New Brunswick is a Canadian politician and civil servant Dennis CochraneLeader of the Progressive Conservative Party of New BrunswickIn office 1991 1995Mayor of MonctonIn office 1979 1983President and Vice Chancellor of St Thomas University New Brunswick In office 2009 2011Preceded byMichael W HigginsSucceeded byDawn RussellMember of the Legislative Assembly of New BrunswickIn office 1984 1988In office 1991 1995Deputy Minister Education of Nova ScotiaIn office 1999 2009Personal detailsOther politicalaffiliationsProgressive Conservative party of New BrunswickHe graduated from the New Brunswick Teacher s College in 1970 received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of New Brunswick in 1974 received a Bachelor of Education in 1974 and a Master of Education in 1981 from the University of Moncton He was elected to the Moncton City Council in 1977 and he was elected Mayor of Moncton in 1979 1 being re elected in 1980 In 1983 he was Councillor at Large of Moncton He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada representing the riding of Moncton in the 1984 as a Progressive Conservative PC He was defeated in 1988 He next entered provincial politics and was elected in 1991 as leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick In this role he regained seats for his party in the 1991 election the PCs having been shut out in the 1987 election Though his party won only three seats it gained others later through by elections and seemed poised to win at least official opposition status in the coming election The opposition Confederation of Regions Party was suffering internal strife and a number of its members chose to sit as independents Cochrane invited them to join the PC caucus however they declined and one of the Acadian members quit in protest As a result Cochrane resigned the leadership in 1995 Following the victory of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia in 1999 election he was named deputy minister of Education for the neighbouring province of Nova Scotia He resigned at the end of 2009 when he accepted a position as Interim President and Vice Chancellor of St Thomas University New Brunswick effective January 2010 replacing outgoing Michael W Higgins This appointment continued until 1 July 2011 2 when he was succeeded by Dawn Russell 3 Electoral history editvte1988 Canadian federal election Moncton Riverview DieppeParty Candidate Votes Liberal George Rideout 23 823 46 91 19 11Progressive Conservative Dennis Cochrane 17 267 34 00 23 17New Democratic Terry Boudreau 4 904 9 66 4 91Confederation of Regions Robert Hyslop 3 703 7 29 OChristian Heritage David Little 909 1 79 OIndependent John Robert Gallant 175 0 34 OTotal valid votes 50 781vte1984 Canadian federal election Moncton Riverview DieppeParty Candidate Votes Progressive Conservative Dennis Cochrane 29 936 57 17 22 26Liberal Gary McCauley 14 557 27 80 20 16New Democratic Gregory Murphy 7 629 14 57 2 14Independent Bob Kirk 243 0 46 OTotal valid votes 52 365References edit Mayor at 28 The Ottawa Journal 12 June 1979 p 14 Retrieved 19 July 2015 via Newspapers com St Thomas University Appoints Dennis Cochrane Interim President and Vice Chancellor Archived from the original on 1 September 2011 Retrieved 26 March 2011 Dawn A Russell President and Vice Chancellor PDF St Thomas University Archived from the original PDF on 22 May 2018 Retrieved 21 May 2018 Canadian Who s Who 1997 entry Archived from the original on 11 August 2007 Retrieved 13 March 2006 External links editDennis Cochrane Parliament of Canada biographyPolitical officesPreceded byBarbara Baird Filliter Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick1991 1995 Succeeded byBernard Valcourt Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Dennis Cochrane amp oldid 1171549067, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
