Charles Gallagher, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian politician
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Place of Birth: New Brunswick, Canada
About Charles Gallagher
- Charles Gunter Gallagher (September 21, 1925 – June 20, 2007) was a farmer and political figure in New Brunswick, Canada.
- He represented Carleton County and then Carleton North in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick as a Progressive Conservative member from 1970 to 1987. He was born in Centreville, New Brunswick, the son of James Isaac Gallagher and May Irene Gunter.
- Gallagher was educated at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College, Macdonald College and McGill University.
- In 1948, he married Kathleen Frances Olmstead.
- Gallagher was speaker for the provincial assembly from 1985 to 1987.
- He served in the province's Executive Council as Minister of Education from 1976 to 1982 and Minister of Health from 1982 to 1985.
- Gallagher was defeated by Fred Harvey when he ran for reelection in 1987.
- From 1991 to 1993, he was a member of a Commission examining Rural Land Use and Environmental Concerns in the province.
- In 2007, he died at Saint John.
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