Charles Hubbard
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Charles Isaac Hubbard, PC
Queen's Privy Council for Canada
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Canadian Forces Decoration
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 (born October 29, 1940 in Newcastle, New Brunswick
Newcastle, New Brunswick
Newcastle is a Canadian urban neighbourhood in the city of Miramichi, New Brunswick.Prior to municipal amalgamation in 1995, it was an incorporated town and the shire town of Northumberland County....

) is a Canadian
Canada
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 politician.

Hubbard is a current member of the Liberal Party of Canada
Liberal Party of Canada
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 He is a former member of the Canadian House of Commons
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, representing the riding of Miramichi
Miramichi (electoral district)
Northumberland was a federal electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1988. It was replaced by Miramichi riding, which has been represented in the House of Commons since 1988...

, New Brunswick
New Brunswick
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 from 1993 to 2008. Hubbard is a former school principal. He is a former Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Parliamentary Secretary
Parliamentary Secretary
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 to the Minister of Transport
Minister of Transport (Canada)
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 during the government of Paul Martin
Paul Martin
Paul Edgar Philippe Martin, PC , also known as Paul Martin, Jr. is a Canadian politician who was the 21st Prime Minister of Canada, as well as leader of the Liberal Party of Canada....

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In 1961, he graduated from the Royal Canadian School of Infantry and served briefly with Canadian Guards in Germany and later as a platoon officer, quartermaster, adjutant, company commander and Deputy commander of 2 Royal New Brunswick Regiment (NS).

In 1963, he began his career at Harkins High School in Newcastle and also taught at North and South Esk Regional High School in Sunny Corner, New Brunswick
Sunny Corner, New Brunswick
Sunny Corner, New Brunswick is a small rural community in Northumberland County, New Brunswick, Canada. It is located approximately 20 km west of Miramichi, New Brunswick, on the northeast bank of the Northwest Miramichi River, opposite its sister communities, Red Bank and Metepenagiag Mi'kmaq...

. He was the first principal of Miramichi Valley High School
Miramichi Valley High School
Miramichi Valley High School is one of two public, English language high schools in the city of Miramichi, New Brunswick, Canada. It serves principally residents from the north side of the Miramichi River, both from the city of Miramichi, and smaller communities distributed from Tabusintac in the...

. He was also a member of the New Brunswick Teachers Association, the Principals Council, and the National Association of Secondary School Principals.

Active in his churchhttp://www.canadianchristianity.com/cgi-bin/na.cgi?nationalupdates/060126ottawa and community, he has been deeply involved in many community organizations. This included some 17 years as a Director and President of Northumberland Cooperative Dairy Ltd..

Hubbard has a Bachelor of Arts degree majoring in History and Economics, and continued with a Master of Arts in History and a Bachelor of Education degree.

Hubbard lives with his wife Patricia on the family farm in Red Bank, New Brunswick
Red Bank, New Brunswick
Red Bank, New Brunswick is a small rural community in Northumberland County, New Brunswick, Canada. It is located approximately 20 km west of Miramichi, New Brunswick, at the mouth of the Little Southwest Miramichi River, at its confluence with the Northwest Miramichi River...

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