Wilfred Bishop (1917 – March 1, 2004) was a Canadian politician,"MLA served 35 years in N.B. Legislature". The Globe and Mail, March 4, 2004. who was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1952 to 1987. He is the longest-serving MLA in the history of the body.
Originally from Chipman, New Brunswick, Bishop ran a logging and sawmill business in Queens County prior to his election to the legislature.
He served in the Executive Council of New Brunswick as Minister of Natural Resources, Minister of Transportation"Hatfield Cabinet increases by four after vote sweep". The Globe and Mail, November 1, 1982. and President of the Executive Council"A timely moment to go mute". The Globe and Mail, September 18, 1986. 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,"Sifting the ashes: Have New Brunswick's Tories learned anything from the October election massacre?". The Globe and Mail, November 28, 1987. but lost to Malcolm MacLeod.
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