Pat Finnigan | |
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| Member of Parliament for Miramichi—Grand Lake | |
| In office October 19, 2015 – September 20, 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Tilly O'Neill-Gordon |
| Succeeded by | Jake Stewart |
| Chairman of the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food | |
| In office February 3, 2016 – September 20, 2021 | |
| Minister | Lawrence MacAulay Marie-Claude Bibeau |
| Preceded by | Bev Shipley |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1955 (age 67–68)[1] |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse | Lise |
| Residence | Nouvelle-Arcadie, New Brunswick[2] |
| Alma mater | Nova Scotia Agricultural College |
| Profession | Businessman |
Patrick Finnigan (born 1955) is a Canadian Liberal politician, who was elected to represent the riding of Miramichi—Grand Lake in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2015 federal election.[3]
Finnigan and his wife started a bakery and garden centre in Nouvelle-Arcadie, called Mr. Tomato. Finnigan holds a technical diploma in phytology.[4]
He chaired the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food.
He did not run for reelection in the 2021 Canadian federal election.
Electoral record
| 2019 Canadian federal election: Miramichi—Grand Lake | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Pat Finnigan | 12,722 | 36.77 | -10.54 | $60,001.00 | |||
| Conservative | Peggy McLean | 12,352 | 35.70 | +1.39 | $77,010.45 | |||
| Green | Patty Deitch | 3,914 | 11.31 | +8.29 | $1,989.98 | |||
| New Democratic | Eileen Clancy Teslenko | 2,875 | 8.31 | -7.06 | $949.65 | |||
| People's | Ron Nowlan | 1,179 | 3.41 | - | none listed | |||
| Independent | Allison MacKenzie | 1,160 | 3.35 | - | $13,665.83 | |||
| Independent | Mathew Grant Lawson | 396 | 1.14 | - | $444.70 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 34,598 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 517 | |||||||
| Turnout | 35,115 | |||||||
| Eligible voters | 48,240 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -5.90 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[5][6] | ||||||||
| 2015 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Pat Finnigan | 17,202 | 47.3 | +25.93 | – | |||
| Conservative | Tilly O'Neill-Gordon | 12,476 | 34.3 | -18.89 | – | |||
| New Democratic | Patrick Colford | 5,588 | 15.4 | -7.46 | – | |||
| Green | Matthew Ian Clark | 1,098 | 3.0 | +0.54 | – | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 36,364 | 100.0 | $201,429.03 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 256 | – | – | |||||
| Turnout | 36,620 | 76% | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 48,158 | |||||||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +21.63 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[7][8] | ||||||||
References
- ↑ Delong, Nathan (November 9, 2018). "Liberal MP says he'll likely run again in 2019". Telegraph Journal. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
- ↑ "Battle for Miramichi-Grand Lake focusing on jobs". CBC News. October 17, 2015. Retrieved May 11, 2023.
- ↑ "Saint John-Rothesay elects Liberal candidate Wayne Long | CBC News".
- ↑ "Miramichi–Grand Lake | Liberal Party of Canada". liberal.ca. Retrieved May 11, 2023.
- ↑ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
- ↑ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
- ↑ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Miramichi—Grand Lake, 30 September 2015
- ↑ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
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