Michael Robert Olscamp is a politician

Politician

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 in the province of New Brunswick

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, Canada

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, and a retired teacher. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick

Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick

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 in the 2006 election

New Brunswick general election, 2006

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 as the Progressive Conservative

Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick

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 MLA for Tantramar

Tantramar (electoral district)

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Biography

He graduated from Campbellton Composite High School and then achieved journeyman status as an electrician. In 1972-73, he enrolled in the Vocational Teacher Training Program at the New Brunswick Institute of Technology in Moncton. He then went on to earn a Bachelor of Education from the University of Moncton.

Olscamp taught vocational education at Tantramar Regional High School

Tantramar Regional High School

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 in Sackville. After teaching he was vice-principal of the high school in the 1980s. He was then recruited as Director of Inmate Programs at minimum security Westmorland Institution in Dorchester

Dorchester, New Brunswick

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He decided to return to a career in the field of public education by teaching at Port Elgin Regional Memorial School for four years. He then returned to Tantramar Regional High School and taught french.

He is married to Karen and has two sons, Andrew and William.