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About Edwin G. Allen
- Edwin Gerald "Ed" Allen (March 8, 1920 – January 10, 2001) was a New Brunswick politician.
- He was born in Canada.
- He served in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1978 to 1987 and again from 1991 to 1995.
- His son, Mike Allen, later became a member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was first elected to the then-safe Progressive Conservative seat of Fredericton North in the 1978 election that produced a nearly deadlocked legislature.
- He sat as a backbench supporter of Premier Richard Hatfield until after the 1982 election, in which the Conservatives won a large majority, when he was named to the cabinet as Minister of Supply and Services.
- He was defeated in the 1987 election which saw the PC Party lose all of its seats. Following his defeat, he became a member of the new Confederation of Regions Party, known as CoR, which was formed by many anglophone conservatives.
- Running under the CoR banner he was re-elected to his old seat in 1991.
- CoR formed the official opposition and he became house leader.
- He did not seek re-election in 1995.
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