Jeff Carr (Canadian politician)

Jeff Carr
Carr in 2019
Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure
In office
October 13, 2022 – June 27, 2023
Preceded by Jill Green
Succeeded byRichard Ames
Minister of Environment and Local Government
In office
November 9, 2018 – September 29, 2020
PremierBlaine Higgs
Preceded byAndrew Harvey
Succeeded byGary Crossman (Environment and Climate Change)
Daniel Allain (Local Government and Local Governance Reform)
Member of the
New Brunswick Legislative Assembly
for New Maryland-Sunbury
Assumed office
September 22, 2014
Preceded byJack Carr
Personal details
BornFebruary 7
Political partyProgressive Conservative
RelativesJack Carr, Jody Carr (brothers)

Jeff Basil Carr[1] (born February 7)[2] is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the 2014 provincial election.[3] He represents the electoral district of New Maryland-Sunbury as a member of the Progressive Conservatives.

Throughout his political career, Carr spent three terms as a Member of the Legislative Assembly and was appointed twice as a cabinet minister, first as the Minister of Environment and Local Government and secondly as the Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure until being removed by Blaine Higgs in 2023 for supporting an opposing motion on Policy 713. On February 27, 2024, Carr announced that he would be leaving politics and would not run in the next election.[4]

  1. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-07-03. Retrieved 2018-07-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ Carr's siblings have made several social media posts celebrating his birthday on February 7.
  3. ^ "New Brunswick Votes 2014: New Maryland-Sunbury". CBC News, September 23, 2014.
  4. ^ Perry, Brad. "PC MLA Jeff Carr won't reoffer in next election". Country 94. Retrieved 27 February 2024.