Dennis H. Cochrane, CM (born 26 October 1950 in Moncton, New Brunswick) is a Canadian politician and civil servant.
Dennis Cochrane | |
|---|---|
| Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick | |
| In office 1991–1995 | |
| Mayor of Moncton | |
| In office 1979–1983 | |
| President and Vice-Chancellor of St. Thomas University (New Brunswick) | |
| In office 2009–2011 | |
| Preceded by | Michael W. Higgins |
| Succeeded by | Dawn Russell |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick | |
| In office 1984–1988 | |
| In office 1991–1995 | |
| Deputy Minister Education of Nova Scotia | |
| In office 1999–2009 | |
| Personal details | |
| Other political affiliations | Progressive Conservative party of New Brunswick |
He 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
edit| 1988 Canadian federal election: Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | George Rideout | 23,823 | 46.91 | +19.11 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Dennis Cochrane | 17,267 | 34.00 | -23.17 | ||||
| New Democratic | Terry Boudreau | 4,904 | 9.66 | -4.91 | ||||
| Confederation of Regions | Robert Hyslop | 3,703 | 7.29 | Ø | ||||
| Christian Heritage | David Little | 909 | 1.79 | Ø | ||||
| Independent | John Robert Gallant | 175 | 0.34 | Ø | ||||
| Total valid votes | 50,781 | |||||||
| 1984 Canadian federal election: Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Dennis Cochrane | 29,936 | 57.17 | +22.26 | ||||
| Liberal | Gary McCauley | 14,557 | 27.80 | -20.16 | ||||
| New Democratic | Gregory Murphy | 7,629 | 14.57 | -2.14 | ||||
| Independent | Bob Kirk | 243 | 0.46 | Ø | ||||
| Total valid votes | 52,365 | |||||||
References
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.