Michael Allen, better known as Mike Allen, (born November 20, 1960 in Fredericton, New Brunswick

New Brunswick

New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...

) is a Canadian politician

Politician

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. He was elected to represent the riding of Tobique—Mactaquac

Tobique—Mactaquac

Tobique—Mactaquac is a federal electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997...

 as a member of the Conservative Party of Canada

Conservative Party of Canada

The Conservative Party of Canada , is a political party in Canada which was formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in 2003. It is positioned on the right of the Canadian political spectrum...

 in the Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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 in the January 2006 federal election

Canadian federal election, 2006

The 2006 Canadian federal election was held on January 23, 2006, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 39th Parliament of Canada. The Conservative Party of Canada won the greatest number of seats: 40.3% of seats, or 124 out of 308, up from 99 seats in 2004, and 36.3% of votes:...

.

Allen comes from a very politically active family. His father, Ed Allen

Ed Allen (politician)

Edwin G. "Ed" Allen was a New Brunswick politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1978 to 1987 and again from 1991 to 1995...

, was a long time member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick

Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick

The Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick is located in Fredericton. It was established de jure when the colony was created in 1784, but only came in to session in 1786 following the first elections in late 1785. Until 1891, it was the lower house in a bicameral legislature when its upper house...

 where he served in the cabinet

Executive Council of New Brunswick

The Executive Council of New Brunswick is the cabinet of that Canadian province....

 of Richard Hatfield

Richard Hatfield

Richard Bennett Hatfield, PC, ONB was a New Brunswick politician and long time Premier of the province .- Early life :...

. His brother, Dale Allen, is the head of a coalition office that opposes recent hospital closures in the Upper St. John River Valley.

Allen first made a bid for office in the 2004 federal election

Canadian federal election, 2004

The Canadian federal election, 2004 , was held on June 28, 2004 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 38th Parliament of Canada. The Liberal government of Prime Minister Paul Martin lost its majority, but was able to form a minority government after the elections...

 but was defeated by incumbent Andy Savoy

Andy Savoy

-Early life:Savoy was raised in the Perth-Andover, New Brunswick area and educated at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton where he earned a Bachelor of Science in engineering as well as a Masters of Business Administration.-Entrance to politics:...

 by a margin of 3008 votes. Allen defeated Savoy in 2006 by 254 votes.

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