Dominic Cardy

Dominic Cardy
Cardy in 2020
Leader of the Canadian Future Party
(Interim 20 September 2023 - 9 November 2024)
Assumed office
9 November 2024
Preceded byOffice established
Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development
In office
9 November 2018 – 13 October 2022
PremierBlaine Higgs
Preceded byBrian Kenny
Succeeded byBill Hogan
Member of the
New Brunswick Legislative Assembly
for Fredericton West-Hanwell
In office
24 September 2018 – 19 September 2024
Preceded byBrian Macdonald
Succeeded byriding abolished
Leader of the New Brunswick New Democratic Party
In office
2 March 2011 – 1 January 2017
Preceded byJesse Travis
Succeeded byRosaire L'Italien
Personal details
Born (1970-07-25) 25 July 1970 (age 54)
Oxford, England
NationalityCanadian
Political partyIndependent (provincial)
Canadian Future (federal)
Other political
affiliations
Progressive Conservative (2017–2022)
New Democratic (1984–2017)
SpouseJulie Smith (m. May 21, 2023)[1]

Dominic William Cardy[2] (born 25 July 1970) is a Canadian politician, leader of the Canadian Future Party and a former Member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick (2018-2024) and provincial cabinet minister (2018-2022).

From the 2018 New Brunswick general election until his expulsion from the caucus in October 2022,[3] Cardy represented the electoral district of Fredericton West-Hanwell for the Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick. He now sits as an independent.[4] During his time in government he was the Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development under Blaine Higgs. Since September 2023, Cardy has been the leader of the Canadian Future Party, a newly-formed moderate centrist federal political party.[5]

Prior to being elected to the New Brunswick legislature, Cardy served as chief of staff of the Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick caucus and had previously been leader of the New Brunswick New Democratic Party from 2011 to 2017.

  1. ^ "Shop for Julie Smith & Dominic Cardy's Wedding Registry".
  2. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 July 2018. Retrieved 11 July 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Cardy says other ministers frustrated with Higgs should quit, too". CBC News. 14 October 2022. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
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