riding predecessor successor birth_place profession party office birth_date term_start article_title term_end name
moncton gary mccauley gary wheeler george rideout george rideout moncton , new brunswick school teacher and principal progressive-conservative mayor of moncton , new brunswick 26 october 1950 1984 june 1979 dennis cochrane
 1988 may 1983 '' ` dennis cochrane '' '
dennis cochrane

dennis h. cochrane , cm -lrb- born 26 october 1950 in moncton , new brunswick -rrb- 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 .
from 1970 to 1991 , he was a school teacher and principal in new brunswick .
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 canadian house of commons representing the riding of moncton in 1984 as a progressive conservative .
he was defeated in 1988 .
he next entered provincial politics and was elected leader of the progressive conservative party of new brunswick in 1990 .
in this role he regained seats for his party in the 1991 election , the pcs having been shut out in 1987 .
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 sat 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 .
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 -lrb- new brunswick -rrb- effective january 2010 , replacing outgoing michael w. higgins .
the appointment was expected to continue until 1 july 2011 .
