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# John Weidman

John Weidman (born September 25, 1946) is an American librettist and television writer for Sesame Street. He has worked on stage musicals with Stephen Sondheim and Susan Stroman.

## Career

Weidman was born in New York City and grew up in Westport, Connecticut, the son of Peggy Wright and librettist and novelist Jerome Weidman. He received a B.A. from Harvard University with a major in East Asian history and a J.D. from Yale Law School.

### Theatre

Weidman collaborated on three stage musicals with Stephen Sondheim, all of which are politically themed to some degree. The first was Pacific Overtures, about the Westernization of Japan in the 19th century; it premiered on Broadway in 1976 and was revived in 2004 at Studio 54. Assassins, a musical about the men and women who attempted (with or without success) to murder the President of the United States, first opened Off-Broadway in December 1990 at Playwrights Horizons, and later opened in the West End in October 1992 at the Donmar Warehouse. The musical was revived on Broadway in 2004 in a Roundabout Theater Company production. Road Show, a musical based on the lives of Wilson and Addison Mizner, opened Off-Broadway at the Public Theatre in 2008. The musical had productions at the Goodman Theatre and Kennedy Center in 2003 prior to the Off-Broadway production.
Weidman has worked with choreographer/director Susan Stroman three times. He wrote the book for the musical Big, the Musical, with Stroman as choreographer. The musical opened on Broadway in April 1996 at the Shubert Theatre. He and Stroman co-created the Tony Award-winning musical Contact, which opened Off-Broadway in October 1999 at the Newhouse Theatre at Lincoln Center and on Broadway at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre in March 2000. He wrote the book for the new musical Happiness, which ran at Lincoln Center in February 2009. Directed and choreographed by Stroman, the composer was Scott Frankel with lyrics by Michael Korie.
He has been nominated for the Tony Award for Best Book for a Musical three times and has been inducted into The Theater Hall of Fame.

## Other work

In the 1970s, Weidman wrote for National Lampoon. Weidman has also written for Sesame Street, for which he and the writing team have won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing For A Children's Series more than a dozen times.
From 1999 to 2009 he was president of the Dramatists Guild of America.

## Stage work (libretti)

* Pacific Overtures - 1976 (Tony Award nominee, Best Book of a Musical)
* Anything Goes - 1987 (revised original book with Timothy Crouse; Tony Award, Best Musical Revival)
* Assassins - 1990 (revived on Broadway in 2004) (Drama Desk Award nominee, Outstanding Book of a Musical; Tony Award, Best Musical Revival)
* Big - 1996 (Tony Award nominee, Best Book of a Musical)
* Contact - 1999 - Off-Broadway; 2000 - Broadway (Tony Award nominee, Best Book of a Musical; Tony Award, Best Musical)
* Take Flight - 2007
* Road Show - 2008
* Happiness - 2009
* I Can Get It for You Wholesale - 2023 (revised the show's book, originally written by his father Jerome Weidman)
# Dennis Cochrane

Dennis H. Cochrane, CM (born 26 October 1950 in Moncton, New Brunswick) is a Canadian politician and civil servant.
He graduated from the New Brunswick Teacher's College in 1970, received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of New Brunswick in 1974, received a Bachelor of Education in 1974 and a Master of Education in 1981 from the University of Moncton.
He was elected to the Moncton City Council in 1977 and he was elected Mayor of Moncton in 1979, being re-elected in 1980. In 1983, he was Councillor-at-Large of Moncton. He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada representing the riding of Moncton in the 1984 as a Progressive Conservative (PC). He was defeated in 1988.
He next entered provincial politics and was elected in 1991 as leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick. In this role he regained seats for his party in the 1991 election, the PCs having been shut out in the 1987 election. Though his party won only three seats, it gained others later through by-elections and seemed poised to win, at least, official opposition status in the coming election. The opposition Confederation of Regions Party was suffering internal strife and a number of its members chose to sit as independents. Cochrane invited them to join the PC caucus; however, they declined and one of the Acadian members quit in protest. As a result, Cochrane resigned the leadership in 1995.
Following the victory of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia in 1999 election, he was named deputy minister of Education for the neighbouring province of Nova Scotia.
He resigned at the end of 2009 when he accepted a position as Interim President and Vice Chancellor of St. Thomas University (New Brunswick) effective January 2010, replacing outgoing Michael W. Higgins. This appointment continued until 1 July 2011, when he was succeeded by Dawn Russell.

## Electoral history

vte1988 Canadian federal election: Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | George Rideout | 23,823 | 46.91 | +19.11 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Dennis Cochrane | 17,267 | 34.00 | -23.17 |
| | New Democratic | Terry Boudreau | 4,904 | 9.66 | -4.91 |
| | Confederation of Regions | Robert Hyslop | 3,703 | 7.29 | Ø |
| | Christian Heritage | David Little | 909 | 1.79 | Ø |
| | Independent | John Robert Gallant | 175 | 0.34 | Ø |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 50,781 |
vte1984 Canadian federal election: Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Dennis Cochrane | 29,936 | 57.17 | +22.26 |
| | Liberal | Gary McCauley | 14,557 | 27.80 | -20.16 |
| | New Democratic | Gregory Murphy | 7,629 | 14.57 | -2.14 |
| | Independent | Bob Kirk | 243 | 0.46 | Ø |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 52,365 |
# Edis A. Flewwelling

Edis Armstrong Flewwelling (February 5, 1918 – 2006) was a Canadian municipal politician who served as the mayor of Saint John, New Brunswick from 1974 to 1977.

## Life and career

Edis Armstrong Flewwelling was born in Clifton, Kings County, New Brunswick on February 5, 1918, to parents Edis Hamilton Flewwelling and Hazel Marguerite Wetmore. He served in the Canadian Armed Forces for 27 years, retiring in 1968 as a Major.
In 1974, Flewwelling challenged against the incumbent Bob Lockhart to become elected as the mayor of Saint John. The municipal election for Saint John was held on June 10, 1974; the mayoralty race ended with Flewwelling in the lead and Lockhart conceding defeat during vote tallying. He was sworn in on June 24, 1974, during which he outlined a 14-point program of reform and re-organization. Among his proposals included the reactivation of Saint John's Housing Commission and Urban Renewal Commission. He was succeeded by Samuel Davis in 1977 after being defeated in the mayoralty race on May 9, 1977.
Flewwelling additionally served as the managing director of Lonewater Farm, an alcohol rehabilitation center in Westfield. On November 10, 1977, Lonewater Farm was raided by the RCMP, prompting the suspension of Flewwelling from his position. Later that year, Flewwelling was charged with theft by the RCMP, who alleged that from July 31 to August 5, 1977, Flewwelling "unlawfully commit[ted] theft of $562.50 property of the Province of New Brunswick". He was additionally charged with "intent to defraud the provincial government by altering a Lonewater Farm accounts receivable ledger between May 31 and June 9, 1977". Flewwelling was acquitted of both charges in May 1978.

## Personal life

Flewwelling first married Mary Elizabeth Knowlton on June 5, 1946; she predeceased him. He later remarried Jane McKenna de Kruyff. He had three sons. Flewwelling died at the Saint John Regional Hospital on September 20, 2006, at the age of 88.
# Larrabee (surname)

Larrabee is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Anna Matilda Larrabee (1842–1931), First Lady of Iowa
* Charles B. Larrabee (1926–2008), American attorney and justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court
* Charles H. Larrabee (1820–1883), American politician
* C. X. Larrabee (1843–1914), American businessman and co-founder of Fairhaven, Washington
* Constance Stuart Larrabee (1914–2000), South African photographer
* James W. Larrabee (1839–1907), American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient
* Jessica Larrabee, member of She Keeps Bees
* Mike Larrabee (1933–2003), American sprinter and Olympic gold medalist
* Seth Larrabee (1855–1910), American attorney and Maine state legislator
* Stephen Larrabee (1630–1676), English colonist, one of the first settlers in Maine.
* William Larrabee (1832–1912), American politician; Governor of Iowa
# Vitamin World

Vitamin World USA Corporation is a global retailer of vitamins and nutritional supplements and is headquartered on Long Island, New York in the United States.

## History

Vitamin World, Inc. was founded in 1977 as a subsidiary of NBTY Inc, later the Nature's Bounty Company. NBTY manufactured and sold vitamin and mineral supplement products under the "Vitamin World" label, sports nutrition products under their "Precision Engineered" label, and numerous National Brand label products at the stores.
Vitamin World was acquired from Nature's Bounty by private equity firm Center Lane Partners in 2016.

## Information

Vitamin World USA Corp. operates between 50 and 60 stores (as of May 2023) in 17 states and in Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands and Guam. The company employs 200+ associates, with the majority working in the stores.
Products are sold to 20 countries in North and South America, Europe, the Caribbean, Asia, Australia and New Zealand via the company website.
Vitamin World USA Corp is in good standing with the FDA, FTC, and other Regulatory bodies as of 5/2023, with no Warning Letters. Effective quality steps are taken when approving materials, suppliers and finished goods, and Vitamin World only partners with suppliers who follow current food safety rules. All labels are reviewed to ensure claims are properly supported by science.
Vitamin World retail offers 700+ SKUs of essential foundational and essential vitamins and minerals, supplements, botanical powders and extracts under its Private Label.
In 2021 the Ultra 360 Brand Multi Vitamin line was launched. The line contains options for men and women in various solutions to serve the needs of each.
In addition, sports, and active life products like protein powders, pre and post work out products and Amino Acid based products are sold under the company's Precision Engineered® brand.

## Bankruptcy

On September 11, 2017, Vitamin World, Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. It emerged after reorganization that included the closing of many stores, change of upper management, and a re-focus on core products, customer satisfaction, and relationship with strategic supplier partners.
In December, 2017 Vitamin World, Inc became a "C" class Corporation, "Vitamin World USA Corp."
In January 2018, Vitamin World was purchased by Feihe International Inc. through a Section 363 sale process. Feihe International Inc. is the market-share leader in the manufacturing and distributing of infant formula in China.
# Liang Lanbi

Liang Lanbi (梁蘭璧; fl. 300–311) was an empress during the Jin dynasty. Her husband was the ill-fated Sima Chi (Emperor Huai). Volume 138 of Taiping Yulan had a short biography on her, citing the Book of Jin authored by Zang Rongxu. She was also the last empress of the Western Jin, as her husband's nephew and successor Emperor Min was not recorded to have an empress during his reign.
Very little is known about her, and she was not even listed in the biographies of the empresses in the Book of Jin, the official history of the dynasty. She was from Anding, and her father was Liang Fen (梁芬), son of Liang Hongji (梁鸿季). She had married Sima Chi long before he became emperor (most probably during his tenure as Prince of Yuzhang, although the date is not known). When he was crown prince from February 305 to January 307, she carried the title of crown princess. When he became emperor on 11 January 307, she was created empress. Nothing further is known about her, including her fate when both she and her husband were captured by Han-Zhao forces in July 311. However, it appeared that at least by later that year, when the Han-Zhao emperor Liu Cong created him the Duke of Kuaiji, she had either died or had been taken elsewhere, for Liu Cong gave a concubine of his, Consort Liu, to be the former Jin emperor's duchess.
Qing dynasty scholar Xue Fucheng said Empress Liang committed suicide in defence of her virtue.
# Sandra Kelly

Sandra Kelly (born April 13, 1949) is a Canadian former elected official. She sat in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1996 to 2003 as a member of the Liberals. She served as the Minister of Tourism, Culture and Recreation and the Minister of Industry, Trade, and Technology. She represented the electoral district of Gander.
The daughter of Hardy West and Doris Wellon, she was born Sandra West in Gander and was educated there, at the General Hospital School of Nursing in St. John's and at Dalhousie University, where she received a diploma in community health nursing. In 1970, she married Ronald Patrick Kelly. She was Mayor of Gander from 1993 to 1996.
She was elected to the Newfoundland assembly in 1996 and re-elected in 1999. She chose not to run for re-election in 2003.
# Yolanda Burkhard

Yolanda Burkhard (née Giacometto; October 27, 1930 – March 31, 1998) was a Canadian politician who served as mayor of Dawson City, Yukon from 1976 to 1978. She was the first woman ever elected mayor of the community; Ione Christensen was elected as the first woman mayor of Whitehorse on the same day.
Born in Switzerland, she was raised there until the death of her father, and then travelled to Dawson City with her mother on what was initially planned as a visit to a family friend. The family ended up settling in the town, where she married Frank Burkhard in 1951. In the 1960s and 1970s, she worked as the city clerk for Dawson City's municipal government, until being dismissed from her position by then-mayor Colin Mayes in 1975. She subsequently worked as a bookkeeper for the local museum, and successfully challenged Mayes in the 1976 municipal election.
In 1977, she took a trip to Bendigo, Victoria, Dawson City's twin town in Australia, to attend the Australian National Gold-Panning Championship.
She stepped down as mayor in 1978, moving to Whitehorse and taking a job with the mining recorder's office, and was succeeded as mayor by Vi Campbell.
She died on March 31, 1998, in Whitehorse. Following her death, MLA Peter Jenkins gave a tribute speech in the Legislative Assembly of Yukon on April 2.
# Bill Weigand

William John Weigand (October 14, 1928 – June 27, 2021) was a Canadian politician, who served as mayor of Whitehorse, Yukon from 1991 to 1994.
Weigand was originally from Edmonton, Alberta and came to Whitehorse in 1946, finding work as a civilian firefighter with the Canadian Army. He later owned and managed the Murdoch's Gem Shop franchise in Whitehorse along with Mike Scott, and worked as a real estate agent after earning a real estate certification at the University of British Columbia. He also served as chair of the Yukon Liquor Board and Yukon Utilities Board, as well as the Whitehorse Downtown Business Association and Kiwanis Club.
On November 14, 1991, Weigand was elected to a three-year term as the Mayor of Whitehorse, defeating rival candidates, councilmen Gerry Thick and Art Deer. He received 1605 votes of the 4065 total votes cast, and 711 more than second-place finisher Art Deer. In 2005, Weigand and his wife Jerrine "Jeri" received the Yukon Commissioner's Award for Public Service. Weigand and his wife later moved to British Columbia where they were residing in 2017.
Weigand died in Whitehorse, Yukon on June 27, 2021, at the age of 92.
# Ernest Franklin Gardner

Ernest Franklin "John" Gardner (January 5, 1923 – May 13, 1995) was a farmer, educator and political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Moosomin from 1965 to 1975 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a Liberal.
He was born in Kennedy, Saskatchewan and was educated there and went on to study mechanical engineering at the University of Saskatchewan. During World War II, Gardner served as a pilot and navigator in the Royal Canadian Air Force. After the war, he worked as a selection officer in the Canadian civil service. Later, he farmed during the summer and taught at the University of Saskatchewan during the winter. Gardner also served on the council for the rural municipality of Wawken and as mayor of Kennedy. He was a member of the Kipling Hospital Board and the Cannington Home Care Board. Gardner served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Public Works. He was first elected to the Saskatchewan assembly in a 1965 by-election held after Alexander Hamilton McDonald was named to the Senate of Canada. He was defeated by Larry Birkbeck when he ran for reelection to the assembly in 1975. After leaving politics, Gardner served as a member of the senate for the University of Saskatchewan. From 1988 to 1994, he was chairman for the Regina Rural Health Region.
# Carl Kwiatkowski

Carl Edward Kwiatkowski (November 20, 1959 – February 2, 2003) was a political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Carrot River Valley from 1999 to 2003 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a Saskatchewan Party member.
He was born in Porcupine Plain, Saskatchewan and was educated there. After completing his schooling, he worked in road construction and on oil rigs. In 1982, Kwiatkowski married Leona Kistner. He later was general manager for the Porcupine Opportunities Program and served as president of the Saskatchewan Association of Rehabilitation Centres. Kwiatkowski served three terms as mayor of Porcupine Plain. He was also a justice of the peace. Kwiatkowski died in office at the age of 43. He was found dead in his Carrot River constituency office.
# Colin Maxwell (politician)

Colin Maxwell (December 16, 1943 – July 6, 2018) is a Scottish-born former educator and political figure in Saskatchewan, Canada. He represented Turtleford from 1982 to 1990 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a Progressive Conservative.
He was born in Tillicoultry and was educated at the Scottish School of Physical Education, the Jordanhill College of Education and the University of Regina, where he received a BEd. In 1966, he married Cherry Harvey and came to Canada soon afterwards. Maxwell taught elementary school, lectured at university and was a high school principal. He also served as mayor of Spiritwood.
Maxwell served in the Saskatchewan cabinet as Minister of Advanced Education and Manpower, as Minister of Culture and Recreation and as Minister of Parks and Renewable Resources. While he held the latter post, more than 1.75 million acres of Crown land were designated under the Critical Wildlife Habitat Protection Act. Maxwell resigned from cabinet in 1990 and resigned from the assembly soon afterwards.
He then moved to Ottawa, where he became executive vice-president of the Canadian Wildlife Federation (CWF). Maxwell retired as CWF executive vice-president in 2007.
# Arthur Maurice Pearson

Arthur Maurice Pearson (December 29, 1890 – July 9, 1976) was a Canadian Senator from Saskatchewan.
Pearson was born in St. François Xavier, Manitoba, now part of Winnipeg, and educated at St. John's College. He served in World War I with the Royal Flying Corps. After he was demobilized, he found work with William Pearson Company Ltd as a land surveyor and salesman. The land holding company later became the Middle West Land Company with Pearson serving as vice-president and manager. After much of the company's lands were sold, Pearson began farming the remainder in the Lumsden, Saskatchewan vicinity. He was elected to the town council and ultimately served as mayor.
He was a candidate in the 1944 and 1948 provincial elections in Saskatchewan placing third on both occasions as a Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan candidate in Lumsden electoral district.
Pearson was appointed to the upper house as a Progressive Conservative Senator for the division of Lumsden, Saskatchewan. He had previously been mayor of Lumsden.
He served on various Senate committees, including a year as chairman of the Special Committee on Land Use in Canada.
He retired voluntarily from the Senate on March 31, 1971, at the age of 80. In his final statement in the chamber, he advised his fellow Senators to keep in touch with young Canadians. He said he was retiring because "in my imagination I can hear the hum of tractors again" as farmers seeded their land.
# Ernest Perley

Ernest Edward Perley (23 December 1877 – 16 August 1948) was a Liberal, then Conservative, then National Government member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Maugerville, New Brunswick and became a farmer.
Perley, the son of Senator William Dell Perley, attended public and secondary schools at Wolseley, then studied at Winnipeg's Wesley College.
He was a municipal councillor for Wolseley, Saskatchewan, becoming the community's mayor in 1921 and 1922.
He was first elected to Parliament at the Qu'Appelle riding in the 1930 general election with the Liberal party after making an unsuccessful attempt to win a seat there as a Conservative party candidate in 1921.
However, in the 1935 election, he switched back to the Conservatives and won re-election at Qu'Appelle. He was re-elected in 1940 when the Conservatives ran under the National Government banner. In the 1945 election, Perley (whose party had adopted the name Progressive Conservative) was defeated by Gladys Strum of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation.

## Electoral record

vte1945 Canadian federal election: Qu'Appelle :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth | Gladys Strum | 6,146 | 37.4 | |
| | Progressive Conservative | Ernest Perley | 5,415 | 33.0 | -21.9 |
| | Liberal | Gen. Andrew George Latta McNaughton | 4,871 | 29.6 | -15.5 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 16,432 | 100.0 |
Note: Progressive Conservative vote is compared to "National Government" vote in 1940 election. Social Credit vote is compared to New Democracy vote in 1940 election.
vte1940 Canadian federal election: Qu'Appelle :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | National Government | Ernest Perley | 8,236 | 54.9 | +18.2 |
| | Liberal | James Alexander McCowan | 6,775 | 45.1 | +9.7 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 15,011 | 100.0 |
Note: "National Government" vote is compared to Conservative vote in 1935 election.
vte1935 Canadian federal election: Qu'Appelle :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ernest Perley | 5,769 | 36.6 | |
| | Liberal | James Alexander McCowan | 5,579 | 35.4 | -17.9 |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth | John Frederick Herman | 2,210 | 14.0 | |
| | Social Credit | Joseph Alois Thauberger | 2,186 | 13.9 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 15,744 | 100.0 |
vte1930 Canadian federal election: Qu'Appelle :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Ernest Perley | 7,888 | 53.3 | |
| | Liberal–Progressive | John Millar | 6,905 | 46.7 | -10.2 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 14,793 | 100.0 |
vte1921 Canadian federal election: Qu'Appelle :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Progressive | John Millar | 8,350 | 69.3 |
| | Conservative | Ernest Perley | 3,705 | 30.7 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 12,055 | 100.0 |