Trevor Holder MLA |
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Member of the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly for Portland-Simonds Saint John Portland (1999-2014) |
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Assumed office June 7, 1999 |
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Preceded by | Leo McAdam |
Minister of Environment and Local Government | |
In office November 21, 2005 – February 14, 2006 |
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Premier | Bernard Lord |
Preceded by | Dale Graham |
Succeeded by | Himself Rose-May Poirier |
Minister of Environment | |
In office February 14, 2006 – October 3, 2006 |
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Premier | Bernard Lord |
Preceded by | Himself |
Succeeded by | Roland Haché |
Minister of Wellness, Culture and Sport | |
In office October 12, 2010 – October 9, 2012 |
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Premier | David Alward |
Preceded by | Hédard Albert |
Succeeded by | Dorothy Shephard |
Minister of Tourism and Parks | |
In office October 12, 2010 – October 7, 2014 |
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Premier | David Alward |
Preceded by | Brian Kenny |
Succeeded by | Bill Fraser |
Personal details | |
Born |
Saint John, New Brunswick |
May 8, 1973
Political party | Progressive Conservative |
Residence | Saint John, New Brunswick |
Trevor Arthur Holder, (born May 8, 1973 in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada) is a New Brunswick politician. He is currently a member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick representing the electoral district of Portland-Simonds and a government MLA.
A 1995 graduate of the University of New Brunswick in Saint John, he earned a Bachelor of Arts in political science and history. A member of the Progressive Conservative Party, he first ran for the legislature in the 1995 provincial election losing in Saint John Portland with 33.3% to 38.6% for the victorious Liberal candidate Leo McAdam. Holder faced McAdam in a re-match in 1999 and won with 59.7% of the vote to McAdam's 26%.
Holder served as a backbencher for his first term and, following re-election in 2003 he became deputy speaker of the legislature. He was named to cabinet on November 21, 2005 as Minister of Environment and Local Government; he became Minister of Environment on February 14, 2006 when his department was split in two.
He was reelected in the 2006 election, in which the Tories were defeated by Shawn Graham's Liberal Party. While in opposition, he served on several legislative committees, including the standing committees on estimates, private bills and privileges. He was official Opposition Deputy House leader and official Opposition critic for areas of interest related to post-secondary education, poverty reduction, the Labour and Employment Board, and WorkSafe NB.