Rodney Weston

Rodney H. Weston (born March 28, 1964) is a businessman and politician in New Brunswick, Canada. He represented the Saint John electoral district as a Member of Parliament from 2008 until 2015.

Rodney H. Weston
Member of Parliament for Saint John
In office October 14, 2008 – August 4, 2015
Preceded by	Paul Zed
Succeeded by	Wayne Long
Member of the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly for Saint John-Fundy
In office 1999–2003
Preceded by	Stuart Jamieson
Succeeded by	Stuart Jamieson
Chairman of the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans
In office February 3, 2009 – August 4, 2015
Preceded by	Fabian Manning
Succeeded by	Scott Simms
Personal details
Born	(1964-03-28) March 28, 1964 (age 61) Saint John, New Brunswick
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Dawn Connolly
Profession	Small business owner/operator

Biography

Weston was born in Saint John, New Brunswick, the son of Lester and Phyllis Weston. He was a post-secondary student at New Brunswick Community College.

Weston owned and operated a gas station and also was a trucking contractor as well as chief of the St. Martins Volunteer Fire Department.

Weston entered public life in his service as deputy mayor for St. Martins.

Weston ran to represent the riding of Saint John-Fundy in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick as a Progressive Conservative member in the 1995 New Brunswick general election, coming second to Liberal incumbent Stuart Jamieson. He defeated Jamieson in 1999 and was Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries & Aquaculture from 2001 to 2003. In 2003, Jamieson defeated Weston when he ran for re-election. After the election, the province's premier, Bernard Lord, hired him as his chief of staff.^[1]

In his first foray into federal politics, in 2008, Weston was elected as Conservative MP for the electoral district of Saint John, defeating incumbent Liberal Paul Zed. He was re-elected in 2011 but did not hold his seat, in the now renamed Saint John—Rothesay, when at the 2015 Canadian federal election the Liberal Party of Canada won every seat east of Quebec. Weston personally lost to challenger Wayne Long, a business figure in Saint John.

Weston ran in Saint John—Rothesay again in 2019 but was not elected, coming second behind Long.

Electoral record

Federal

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election: Saint John—Rothesay
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Wayne Long	15,443	37.43	-11.37	$65,376.07
	Conservative	Rodney Weston	14,006	33.95	+3.41	$98,624.09
	New Democratic	Armand Cormier	5,046	12.23	-5.30	$2,746.93
	Green	Ann McAllister	4,165	10.10	+6.97	none listed
	People's	Adam J. C. Salesse	1,260	3.05		none listed
	Independent	Stuart Jamieson	1,183	2.87		$6,611.27
	Independent	Neville Barnett	150	0.36		$170.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			41,253	99.40
Total rejected ballots			250	0.60	+0.12
Turnout			41,503	65.18	-3.65
Eligible voters			63,677
	Liberal hold		Swing		-7.39
Source: Elections Canada[2][3]

v t e 2015 Canadian federal election: Saint John—Rothesay
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Wayne Long	20,634	48.80	+32.81	–
	Conservative	Rodney Weston	12,915	30.54	-19.18	–
	New Democratic	AJ Griffin	7,411	17.53	-13.2	–
	Green	Sharon Murphy	1,321	3.12	+0.35	–
Total valid votes/expense limit			42,281	100.0		$196,334.01
Total rejected ballots			205	–	–
Turnout			42,486	69.38	–
Eligible voters			61,236
Source: Elections Canada[4][5]

v t e 2011 Canadian federal election: Saint John—Rothesay
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Rodney Weston	18,456	49.73	+10.18	$79,348.63
	New Democratic	Rob Moir	11,382	30.67	+14.71	$23,584.68
	Liberal	Stephen Chase	5,964	16.07	-22.06	$42,496.31
	Green	Sharon Murphy-Flatt	1,017	2.74	-2.68	$2,700.77
	Independent	Arthur Watson Jr.	294	0.79	–	$251.37
Total valid votes/expense limit			37,113	100.0		$82,011.29
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			176	0.47
Turnout			37,289	58.02	+4.01
Eligible voters			64,264
	Conservative hold		Swing		-2.26
Sources:[6][7]

v t e 2008 Canadian federal election: Saint John—Rothesay
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Rodney Weston	13,782	39.55	+0.25	$73,497.84
	Liberal	Paul Zed	13,285	38.13	-4.79	$69,234.99
	New Democratic	Tony Mowery	5,560	15.96	+0.32	$2,720.91
	Green	Mike Richardson	1,888	5.42	+3.28	$1,008.49
	Marijuana	Michael Moffat	330	0.95	–	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			34,845	100.0		$79,702
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			187	0.53	±0
Turnout			35,032	54.01	-7.38
Eligible voters			64,868
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+2.52

Provincial

2003 New Brunswick general election: Saint John-Fundy
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Stuart Jamieson	2,698	47.68	+15.54
	Progressive Conservative	Rodney Weston	2,271	40.14	-17.60
	New Democratic	Liam Freill	517	9.14	+0.93
	Grey	Marjorie MacMurray	172	3.04	–
Total valid votes			5,658	100.0
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+16.57

1999 New Brunswick general election: Saint John-Fundy
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Rodney Weston	3,473	57.74	+19.71
	Liberal	Stuart Jamieson	1,933	32.14	-8.98
	New Democratic	Robert E. Holmes-Lauder	494	8.21	-8.06
	Confederation of Regions	David Lytle	115	1.91	-1.85
Total valid votes			6,015	100.0
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+14.34

1995 New Brunswick general election: Saint John-Fundy
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Stuart Jamieson	2,447	41.12	+9.60
	Progressive Conservative	Rodney Weston	2,263	38.03	+9.07
	New Democratic	Aubrey Fougere	968	16.27	+3.35
	Confederation of Regions	Bernard Toole	224	3.76	-22.85
	Natural Law	Phyllis Johnston	49	0.82	–
Total valid votes			5,951	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		+0.26