Wilfred Bishop

Wilfred Bishop
MLA for Queens
In office 1952–1974 Serving with J. Arthur Moore (1952–1967), Robert McCready (1967–1974)
Preceded by	Edward Darrah, H. C. Parker
Succeeded by	riding dissolved
MLA for Queens North
In office 1974–1987
Preceded by	first member
Succeeded by	Doug Tyler
Personal details
Born	1917 Chipman, New Brunswick, New Brunswick, Canada
Died	March 1, 2004
Political party	Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick

Wilfred Bishop (1917 – March 1, 2004) was a Canadian politician,[1] who was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1952 to 1987.[1] He is the longest-serving MLA in the history of the body.[1]

Originally from Chipman, New Brunswick, Bishop ran a logging and sawmill business in Queens County prior to his election to the legislature.[1]

He served in the Executive Council of New Brunswick as Minister of Natural Resources,[1] Minister of Transportation[2] and President of the Executive Council[3] in the government of Richard Hatfield. Following the 1987 provincial election, in which the opposition Liberals won every seat in the legislature and left the Conservatives seatless, Bishop was a candidate for the interim leadership of the party,[4] but lost to Malcolm MacLeod.

References

1. "MLA served 35 years in N.B. Legislature". The Globe and Mail, March 4, 2004.
2. "Hatfield Cabinet increases by four after vote sweep". The Globe and Mail, November 1, 1982.
3. "A timely moment to go mute". The Globe and Mail, September 18, 1986.
4. "Sifting the ashes: Have New Brunswick's Tories learned anything from the October election massacre?". The Globe and Mail, November 28, 1987.