predecessor successor party profession office term_start residence article_title term_end name otherparty
shirley mcalary jane barry ivan court abel leblanc independent municipal politicians in saint john run on a nonpartisan basis -lrb- '' 2004 -- 2008 -rrb- '' note : tax broker 64th for saint john lancaster mayor of saint john , new brunswick mla 2004 1999 fundy heights , saint john , new brunswick norm mcfarlane
 2008 2003 norm mcfarlane progressive conservative party of new brunswick
norm mcfarlane

norman mcfarlane -lrb- born in apohaqui , new brunswick -rrb- was the 64th mayor of saint john , new brunswick , canada .
he was first elected on may 10 , 2004 , and sworn into office on tuesday , may 25 .
he was defeated in the new brunswick municipal elections , 2008 by ivan court .
mcfarlane worked for royal insurance in saint john from 1953 to 1993 , retiring as branch manager .
following his retirement from royal insurance , he became a private insurance consultant for a number of years .
in the 1999 election , he was elected as a member of the legislative assembly for the provincial riding of saint john lancaster as a progressive conservative and shortly afterwards became the new brunswick minister of labour .
in 2000 , he became minister for the new department of training and employment development , a portfolio which encompassed much of his old labour portfolio as well as some social welfare programs and community colleges .
mcfarlane was defeated in the 2003 election and left the cabinet as a result .
mcfarlane lost his seat to liberal abel leblanc .
mcfarlane promptly returned to politics in 2004 when he was elected mayor of saint john by defeating incumbent shirley mcalary by a margin of over 25 % .
ironically , one of mcalary 's key backers was abel leblanc .
