Dominic Cardy
Dominic Cardy | |
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Cardy in 2020 | |
| Leader of the Canadian Future Party | |
| Assumed office 9 November 2024 Interim: 20 September 2023 - 9 November 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development | |
| In office 9 November 2018 – 13 October 2022 | |
| Premier | Blaine Higgs |
| Preceded by | Brian Kenny |
| Succeeded by | Bill Hogan |
| Member of the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly for Fredericton West-Hanwell | |
| In office 24 September 2018 – 19 September 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Brian Macdonald |
| Succeeded by | riding abolished |
| Leader of the New Brunswick New Democratic Party | |
| In office 2 March 2011 – 1 January 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Jesse Travis |
| Succeeded by | Rosaire L'Italien |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 July 1970 Oxford, England |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Political party | Canadian Future (federal) |
| Other political affiliations | New Democratic (1984–2017) Progressive Conservative (provincial, 2017–2022) Conservative (federal, 2017—2022) Independent (provincial, 2022–present) |
| Spouse | Julie Smith (m. May 21, 2023) |
Dominic William Cardy (born 25 July 1970) is a Canadian politician, leader of the Canadian Future Party and a former Member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick (2018–2024) and provincial cabinet minister (2018–2022).
From the 2018 New Brunswick general election until his expulsion from the caucus in October 2022, Cardy represented the electoral district of Fredericton West-Hanwell for the Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick. He then sat as an independent. During his time in government he was the Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development under Blaine Higgs. Since September 2023, Cardy has been the leader of the Canadian Future Party, a newly-formed moderate centrist federal political party.
Prior to being elected to the New Brunswick legislature, Cardy served as chief of staff of the Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick caucus and had previously been leader of the New Brunswick New Democratic Party from 2011 to 2017.