Mike Allen (New Brunswick politician)

Not to be confused with Mike Allen (Alberta politician).

Michael Allen, better known as Mike Allen, (born November 20, 1960, in Fredericton, New Brunswick) is a Canadian politician. He represented the riding of Tobique—Mactaquac as a member of the Conservative Party of Canada in the House of Commons of Canada from 2006 to 2015, when he chose to retire from Parliament.^[1]

Michael Allen
Member of Parliament for Tobique—Mactaquac
In office January 23, 2006 – August 4, 2015
Preceded by	Andy Savoy
Succeeded by	TJ Harvey
Personal details
Born	(1960-11-20) November 20, 1960 (age 64) Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Jennifer Allen
Residence	Douglas, New Brunswick
Profession	Management consultant

Allen first ran for office in the 2004 federal election but was defeated by incumbent Andy Savoy by a margin of 3008 votes. However, Allen defeated Savoy in the 2006 election by a narrow margin of 254 votes.

Post-Parliamentary career

Run for Chairmanship of the New Brunswick Progressive-Conservatives

In 2016, Allen ran for the leadership of the Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick. One of seven candidates, he won 16.25% of the vote in the October 22nd Convention's first round. In the second round, he won 20.22%, coming in last place, and being eliminated as a result.^[2]

Campaign Finance Violations

In July 2018, Allen was charged with campaign finance violations during his bid for the chairmanship of Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick, under the claim that he and his wife donated a sum of over $6,000 to his campaign, hence passing the contribution limit.^[3] In May 2019, he pleaded guilty to violations of campaign finance law, and was made to pay $10,000 in Fines.

Electoral history

v t e 2011 Canadian federal election: Tobique—Mactaquac
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Mike Allen	21,108	62.70	+5.21	$44,047.06
	New Democratic	Pierre Cyr	6,388	18.98	+3.61	$4,796.14
	Liberal	Charles Chiasson	5,337	15.85	-5.70	$29,831.59
	Green	Rish McGlynn	831	2.47	-3.29	$5.82
Total valid votes/expense limit			33,664	100.0		$84,385.35
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			256	0.75	-0.33
Turnout			33,920	63.91	+4.18
Eligible voters			53,073
	Conservative hold		Swing		+0.80
Sources:[4][5]

v t e 2008 Canadian federal election: Tobique—Mactaquac
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Mike Allen	18,071	57.49	+13.70	$61,678.30
	Liberal	Sally McGrath	6,773	21.55	-21.32	$26,392.40
	New Democratic	Alice Finnamore	4,830	15.37	+3.87	$8,535.56
	Green	Mark Glass	1,810	5.76	+3.89	$1,492.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			31,433	100.0		$81,901
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			343	1.08	+0.04
Turnout			31,776	59.73	-8.02
Eligible voters			53,203
	Conservative hold		Swing		+17.51

v t e 2006 Canadian federal election: Tobique—Mactaquac
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Mike Allen	15,894	43.79	+4.20	$66,976.92
	Liberal	Andy Savoy	15,558	42.87	-5.36	$70,900.54
	New Democratic	Alice Finnamore	4,172	11.50	+3.00	$9,442.17
	Green	Robert Bérubé Jr.	679	1.87	-1.81	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			36,292	100.0		$76,462
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			383	1.04
Turnout			36,675	67.75	+3.75
Eligible voters			54,135
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+4.78