John Herron

John Herron (born October 21, 1964) is a politician in New Brunswick, Canada.

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October 21 - 1964 - New Brunswick - Canada

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Herron was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1997federal election as a candidate of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. He was re-elected in the 2000 election. Herron was one of a handful of new PC "Young Turk" MPs (along with Scott Brison, André Bachand and Peter MacKay) who were considered the future youthful leadership material that would restore the ailing Tories to their glory days.

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House of Commons of Canada - 1997federal election - Progressive Conservative Party of Canada - 2000 election - Scott Brison - André Bachand - Peter MacKay

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Herron was a member of the PC Party until December 2003, and did not support its merger with the Canadian Alliance into the Conservative Party of Canada in 2003, and refused to join the new party. On February 6, 2004, he announced that he would sit for the remainder of the Parliamentary session as an "Independent Progressive Conservative", and would run in the 2004 election as a candidate for the Liberal Party of Canada. One of Herron's last official acts as a sitting MP was his deliverance of the "Progressive Conservative Party Caucus" tribute to retiring party leader Joe Clark in May 2004.

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Canadian Alliance - Conservative Party of Canada - 2003 - February 6 - 2004 - Session - 2004 election - Liberal Party of Canada - Joe Clark

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Herron became infamous during the 2003 PC leadership election when he abandoned the campaign of Scott Brison to support Peter MacKay before the second ballot. Brison was dropped from the voting when he won just three votes fewer than Jim Prentice on the second ballot. Many blamed this loss on Herron and a handful of his riding delegates who followed him to the MacKay camp.

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2003 - PC leadership election - Scott Brison - Peter MacKay - Jim Prentice

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Herron lost his seat in the 2004 election to Conservative candidate Rob Moore.

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Conservative - Rob Moore

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