George Saunders Rideout was a member of the Canadian House of Commons

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 from 1988 to 1997. The son of two former federal Members of Parliament, Sherwood Rideout

Sherwood Rideout

Sherwood Hayes Rideout was a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Westmorland from 1962 until his death in 1964. Prior to his election to the Canadian House of Commons, he was the mayor of the City of Moncton...

 and Margaret Rideout

Margaret Rideout

Margaret Isabel Rideout, née Saunders was a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Westmorland in the Canadian House of Commons from 1964 to 1968...

, he was a lawyer

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 by career, in practise with Stewart & Stratton and later Rideout & Robinson. He was also the mayor of Moncton from 1983 to 1988. During his tenure as mayor, he laid the groundwork for Moncton's ascension as a regional hub of economic activity.

He won election for the Liberal party

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 in the 1988

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 and 1993 federal elections

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 at the Moncton electoral district

Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe

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. Rideout therefore served in the 34th

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 and 35th Canadian Parliament

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s. In doing so, the Rideouts became one of the few Canadian families to have three separate family members hold the same riding. Rideout did not seek a third term in Parliament and therefore left federal politics in 1997.

Shortly after leaving politics, Rideout was appointed to the Court of Queen's Bench of New Brunswick

Court of Queen's Bench of New Brunswick

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. He is still serving in that position.

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