- Andy Scott
Robert Andrew "Andy" Keith Scott, PC, MP (born March 16, 1955) is a Liberal Member of the Canadian Parliament representing Fredericton, New Brunswick. He was a member the Cabinet of Canada, most recently serving as the eighteenth Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (2004-2006). In the late 1980s he was a senior civil servant with the provincial Liberal government of Frank McKenna. He ran for in the 1993 federal election, and won convincingly, … - Brad Woodside
Bradley (Brad) Stanford Woodside (born 1946) is currently the mayor of Fredericton, New Brunswick He is married to the former Anne Elizabeth Sneyd and they have two children. He had 3 children from previous relationships. First elected in 1981 and 1983 and served as councillor and Deputy Mayor. In 1986, Brad Woodside was elected Mayor of Fredericton and is now serving his sixth term. - Muriel McQueen Fergusson
Muriel McQueen Fergusson, PC, OC, QC, BA, DCL, LL.D (May 26, 1899 - April 11, 1997) was a Canadian Senator and the first woman Speaker of the Senate. Born in Shediac, New Brunswick, she graduated from Mount Allison University in 1921 with a B.A. and studied law at Dalhousie University. She was the first woman elected, in 1950, to the Fredericton City Council and was the first woman deputy mayor in 1953. - Charles Leblanc
Charles Leblanc is a blogger from Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada who writes about political issues, most notably the issue of ADHD. In the Fall of 2006, Leblanc was acquitted of obstruction of justice while trying to report on the Atlantica Conference in Saint John. Charles reports on a wide variety of issues. He writes frequently about the Irving companies who control the vast majority of English printed media in New Brunswick. - Biff Mitchell
Biff Mitchell (born 1947) is a novelist, satirist, and humorist Born in Toronto, Ontario, Mitchell graduated from the University of New Brunswick with an honors degree in English Literature in 1974. After college, he returned to his hometown and worked at the University of Toronto bookstores on the Erindale Campus. He returned to New Brunswick in 1975 and worked at a variety of jobs. - David Adams Richards
David Adams Richards (born 17 October 1950) is a Canadian novelist, essayist, screenwriter and poet. Born in Newcastle, New Brunswick, Richards left St. Thomas University in Fredericton, New Brunswick one course shy of completing a B.A. Richards has been a writer-in-residence at various universities and colleges across Canada, including the University of New Brunswick. Richards has received numerous awards including a Gemini Award for scriptwriting for "Small Gifts", … - Bliss Carman
Bliss Carman, FRSC (April 15 1861 - June 8, 1929) was a preeminent Canadian poet. He was born William Bliss Carman in Fredericton, in the Atlantic Canadian province of New Brunswick. He published under the name "Bliss Carman," although the "Bliss" is his mother's surname. As with many Canadian poets, nature figures prominently as a theme in his work. In his time, he was arguably Canada's best known poet, … - Measha Brueggergosman
Measha Brueggergosman (born Measha Gosman on June 28, 1977 at Fredericton, New Brunswick) is a Canadian soprano who performs both as a concert artist and opera singer. - Keith Ashfield
Keith Ashfield (born March 28, 1952 in Fredericton, New Brunswick) is a New Brunswick politician. Ashfield was a school trustee for a number of years and was first a candidate for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the 1991 election. A Progressive Conservative, Ashfield placed third in 1991 with Confederation of Regions candidate Max White being victorious. Ashfield was again a candidate in 1999 and was successful, … - John Medley
John Medley, (19 December 1804 - 9 September 1892), was a Church of England clergyman was educated at Oxford and became bishop of Fredericton in 1845. Prior to arriving in Canada to take up his post in Fredericton, Medley was an active priest in England. In Canada, he was instrumental in developing the Canadian church with its own distinct form of Anglican worship. - John Ralston
John Ralston (born 1964) is a Canadian actor. Most notable are Ralston's roles as Derek, Edwin, and Marti's father, George Venturi, on "Life with Derek" and as Mr. Avenir on "Strange Days at Blake Holsey High". Although John Ralston was born in Chatham, Ontario, he grew up in Fredericton and St. Andrews-By-The-Sea, New Brunswick. He became interested in acting while going after a diploma in jazz studies at St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia. - Pimp Tea
Pimp Tea, "Positively Influencing More People to Excel Artistically", is a Canadian rapper from Fredericton, New Brunswick. Also known as Brockway Biggs, Pimp-T, and Troy Neilson. His single "Shake Ya Caboose" won a 2005 East Coast Music Award ("ECMA") for "Urban Single of the Year" and has charted on over 35 stations. His two albums have received nominations at the Canadian Urban Music Awards (in 2000) and the ECMA (four, in 2003 and 2005). - George Elliott Clarke
George Elliott Clarke is a Canadian poet and playwright. Born in Windsor Plains, Nova Scotia, he has spent much of his career writing about the black communities of Nova Scotia and served for a time in the African-American Studies department at Duke University. He earned a B.A. honours degree in English from the University of Waterloo (1984), an M.A. in English from Dalhousie University (1989) and a Ph.D. in English from Queen’s University (1993). - Andy Savoy
Andy Savoy, B.Sc., MBA (born July 12, 1963) is a Canadian politician and engineer. Savoy was raised in the Perth-Andover, New Brunswick area and educated at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton where he earned a Bachelor of Science in engineering as well as a Masters of Business Administration. Elected to the Perth-Andover village council in 1989, … - Rick Miles
Rick Miles is a Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) in New Brunswick, Canada, representing the constituency of Fredericton-Silverwood. Miles defeated former Progressive Conservative MLA and cabinet minister Brad Green in the September 18, 2006 general election for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick. Miles is a businessman in Fredericton and former member of the Canadian Forces. On November 28 2006 he was elected caucus chair for his Liberal Party. - Alexander Gibson
Alexander "Boss" Gibson (1819-1913) was an industrialist in New Brunswick, Canada. In 1862, Gibson bought a sawmill and forest land in the Fredericton area. He was then instrumental in building two railway lines, the New Brunswick Railway and the Canada Eastern Railway in order to ship goods from his mills to other markets. In 1883, a cotton mill was constructed at Marysville, a town which he founded and named after his wife. - John Baker
John Baker (January 17, 1796 - March 10, 1868) is the namesake of the towns of Baker Lake (Lac Baker) and Baker Brook, New Brunswick, just west of Edmundston. He was a successful sawmill and gristmill businessman who became a well-known activist in Canada during the 19th century and was nicknamed "the Washington of the Republic of Madawaska." Baker was instrumental in the Aroostook War, a boundary dispute that established the international border between New Brunswick, … - Stanton T. Friedman
Stanton Terry Friedman (July 29, 1934) is an American physicist and ufologist, currently residing in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. Friedman has written books on the UFO phenomenon and was the first civilian investigator of the Roswell UFO incident. Since 1967, he has spoken about UFOs at more than 600 colleges and universities and more than 100 professional groups in the USA, Canada, and 16 other countries. - M. Travis Lane
Millicent Travis Lane (née Travis is an American-Canadian poet. She was born in San Antonio, Texas, she holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Vassar College, and Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy degrees from Cornell University. She was married to Lauriat Lane Jr. (d. 2005), Professor Emeritus of English at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton. The couple emigrated to Canada in 1960 and in 1973 attained Canadian citizenship. - Nathan White
Nathan White is a Canadian journalist. He covers provincial affairs, business and technology for the New Brunswick "Telegraph-Journal" and has worked in the sports department. He also serves as the color commentator on the official CKNI-FM radio broadcast of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League's Moncton Wildcats. White's articles have also appeared in "The Globe and Mail", "New Brunswick Reader", "The Hockey News", … - Anne Compton
Anne Compton (born 1947) is a Canadian poet, critic, and anthologist. Compton was born on Prince Edward Island. Her first collection, "Opening the Island", was nomined for the Margaret and John Savage First Book Award and won the 2003 Atlantic Poetry Prize. She won the Governor General's Award for poetry in English in 2005 for her collection "Processional". Compton has also published criticism, including a book of interviews, … - Nancy Bauer
Nancy Bauer, née Nancy Luke is an American female writer and editor who writes about craftspeople, visual artists, and writers for various maritime magazines. Born north of Boston, Massachusetts, Bauer received her B.A. in English from Mount Holyoke College in 1956. She moved to Fredericton, New Brunswick in 1965. From 1967 until 1983, Bauer was the publisher of 25 New Brunswick Chapbooks. - John Fox
John Fox (June 30, 1835 - January 17, 1914) was a nineteenth century politician, mechanic and merchant from New York. Born in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, Fox immigrated to the United States with his parents in 1840, settling in New York City, New York. He attended public schools as a child, engaged in mechanical pursuits and was employed as a master block maker in the Brooklyn Navy Yard in 1857. - Colin B. Mackay
Colin Bridges Mackay, O.C., Q.C., B.A., D.C.L, D.ésL,. D.Ed., LL.D., (1920 - November 27, 2003) was president of the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada from 1953 to 1969. Mackay oversaw the expansion of the university from a small college to a regional institution, including a fivefold increase in enrollment, and major construction of residences, academic and multipurpose buildings. Upon his death on November 27, 2003, at the age of 83, … - Raymond Fraser
Raymond Fraser (born May 8, 1941) is a Canadian novelist, biographer and poet. Born in Chatham New Brunswick, Fraser attended St Thomas University where in his freshman year he played on the varsity hockey and football teams, and in his junior year was co-editor with John Brebner of the student literary magazine "Tom-Tom". - Malcolm Ross
Malcolm Mackenzie Ross, OC, FRSC, (January 2, 1911 - 2002) was a notable Canadian literary critic. Ross was born in Fredericton, New Brunswick. In 1949, Ross received a Guggenheim Fellowship. He founded the New Canadian Library imprint, published by McClelland and Stewart, and for several years was its general editor. In 1976, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada, and in 1982 he won the Lorne Pierce Medal; as well, he served on the Canada Council. - Walter Learning
Walter John Learning is a Canadian theatre director and actor, and founder of Theatre New Brunswick. He was born in 1938 in the small village of Quidi Vidi in the then-independent nation of Newfoundland. Learning attended the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton, New Brunswick. After receiving his BA, he was awarded a Teaching Fellowship to pursue his MA, and a Commonwealth Scholarship to work on his PhD at the Australian National University in Canberra. - Mark Anthony Jarman
Mark Anthony Jarman (born 1955 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a Canadian fiction writer. He graduated from the Iowa Writers' Workshop and is currently a faculty member of the English department at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton. Previously, he has taught at the University of Victoria. Jarman has been a finalist for various literary prizes including the Journey Prize. - Richard Raymond
Richard Raymond (born in 1965 in Campbellton, New Brunswick, Canada) is an award-winning, Canadian pianist. He has performed with the Toronto and Montreal Symphony Orchestras, but is most known for his solo chamber music recitals and recordings. He is currently an artist-in-residence at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton and chair of the piano area at McGill University s Schulich School of Music. - Jim Richards
Jim Richards (born 1966) is a Canadian radio personality. Richards studied radio broadcasting at Loyalist College in Belleville, Ontario. In 1988 he launched his radio career at CJTN in Trenton, Ontario, close to Belleville; he also worked at CIHI in Fredericton, New Brunswick, CJCH in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He hosted a popular morning show at CFJB Rock 95 in Barrie, Ontario, north of Toronto, and was nominated for medium-market morning show of the year in 1990. - Michael Malley
Michael "Tanker" Malley is a politician in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. He represented the riding of Miramichi-Bay du Vin in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1999 to 2006 and served as Speaker for part of 2006. Malley, a former Miramichi city councillor and bus driver, was first elected to the legislature in the 1999 election and was re-elected in 2003. - Anna Maria Tremonti
Anna Maria Tremonti (born 1957) is a Canadian radio and television journalist, who has been featured on a variety of programs on the CBC. She has previously been a senior reporter for "The National", and a host of "the fifth estate". Since 2002, she has hosted CBC Radio One's morning news program "The Current". Born in Windsor, Ontario, her journalism career began at the University of Windsor student newspaper, "The Lance". - Pegi Nicol MacLeod
Pegi Nicol MacLeod, born Margaret Kathleen (Nicol) MacLeod (4 January1904 - 12 February1949), was a Canadian member of the first wave of artists of Canadian modernism painting. She was born in Listowel, Ontario and was a pupil of Franklin Brownell in Ottawa. Successively she studied at the Ecole Des Beaux-Arts in Montreal. In 1932 won the Willingdon Arts Competition prize for painting. - Andrew George Blair
Andrew George Blair (March 7, 1844 - January 25, 1907) was a politician in New Brunswick, Canada. He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in 1878 after unsuccessful attempts in the previous two elections. Though Blair was a supporter of Sir John A. Macdonald's federal Liberal-Conservatives, he joined the parliamentary opposition in the legislature and, in 1879, … - Ken McGoogan
Ken McGoogan is the Canadian author of eight books, including three biographies focusing on northern exploration and published internationally: "Fatal Passage" (John Rae), "Ancient Mariner" (Samuel Hearne), and "Lady Franklin's Revenge" (Jane Franklin). Born in Montreal (1947) and raised in a francophone town, McGoogan has traveled widely, both in Canada and abroad. - Bruce Holloway
Bruce Holloway (born June 271963, Revelstoke, British Columbia - 2002) - was a professional ice hockey player whose position was defenceman. Holloway played only two games with the Vancouver Canucks in the 1984-1985 season. He had a reputation as an excellent playmaker in the junior and minor leagues. Holloway played with the local Revelstoke Bruins of the BCJHL. He then moved on to the WHL where he played for four different teams. - John Babbitt
John Babbitt (15 October 1845 - 10 December 1889) was a jeweller and watchmaker by profession. He was also fascinated by the scientific advances of his time such as the telephone and other inventions by people like Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Alva Edison. In 1879, Dr Loring Bailey and Babbitt produced the first electric light in Fredericton. Babbitt also made a phonograph believed to have been the first in New Brunswick. - Patrick Lynch
Pat Lynch is the Conservative candidate for the Federal Riding of Fredericton, New Brunswick. He ran in Fredericton for the Canadian federal election, 2006, in which he received 35% of the vote in a five way contest. In 2003, he was a recipient of the Governor General's merit award for an act of bravery in providing assistance to others. He has a degree in Business Administration from the University of New Brunswick. - Robert Leonard Hazen
Robert Leonard Hazen (15 October 1808 - 15 August 1874) was a Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician. Hazen was born in Fredericton, New Brunswick, and by age 23 had been called to the bar of New Brunswick. He had a successful legal career, and by 1846 was appointed a judge on the Court of the Vice-Admiralty. He first entered politics in 1837 when he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick. - John Pickard
John Pickard (April 27 1824 - December 17 1883) was a New Brunswick businessman and political figure. He represented York in the Canadian House of Commons as an Independent Liberal from 1868 to 1883. He was born in Douglas, New Brunswick in 1824 and began work with his father there. He later established himself as a merchant in Fredericton and a lumber merchant in York County. In partnership with Thomas Temple, he owned and operated a sawmill at Fredericton.
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