Frank Branch
Frank Branch | |
|---|---|
| Member of the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly for Nepisiguit | |
| In office 2003–2006 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 7, 1944 Bathurst, New Brunswick |
| Died | October 22, 2018 (aged 74) Bathurst, New Brunswick |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Residence(s) | Bathurst, New Brunswick |
Frank Richard Branch (May 7, 1944 – October 22, 2018) was a Canadian politician.
Life and career
Branch was born on May 7, 1944, in
While retired from politics, he chaired a regional forestry marketing board for eight years before he sought re-election in the new, though largely unchanged, riding of Nepisiguit in 2003, where he defeated incumbent Progressive Conservative Joel Bernard by a margin of nearly 2-to-1.
In October 2005, the North Shore Forest Products
He served as chair of the legislature's Public Accounts Committee from the 2003 election until he left the Liberal caucus to sit as an independent. He did not seek re-election in 2006.[1][2]
In 2012, Branch pled guilty to fraud of over $5,000 and was sentenced to one year of house arrest and two years of probation. He was additionally ordered to pay $15,000 in restitution to the North Shore Forest Products Marketing Board.[3]
On October 22, 2018, Branch died from cancer in Bathurst, at the age of 74.[1][2]
References
- ^ a b "Obituary for Frank Branch". Telegraph-Journal. Brunswick News. Archived from the original on 9 September 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
- ^ a b "Former Speaker and longtime Liberal MLA Frank Branch has died". CBC News. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 22 October 2018. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
- ^ "Ex-Liberal MLA sentenced for fraud". CBC News. 10 May 2012. Retrieved 26 March 2024.