Jack Keir Bios - 56th Legislature

Jack Keir was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the provincial election held September 18, 2006. He is a Liberal MLA and represents the new riding of Fundy-River Valley.

On October 3, 2006, he was sworn in as a member of the Executive Council and appointed Minister of Energy and Minister Responsible for the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Agency of New Brunswick.

From January 2008 until November 2008 he assumed the additional responsibility of Minister of Supply and Services.

He was born in 1958. He graduated from Saint John High School in 1976. After working with the Bank of Nova Scotia for 3 years he returned to school, attending Saint Mary's University in Halifax and graduating in 1983 with a Bachelor of Commerce degree. Upon graduation he worked with the A.C. Neilsen Company supervising a team focused on small business marketing. In 1988, he joined the Program Management team of Saint John Shipbuilding as a performance measurement Officer.

Between 1995 and 2002, he was General Manager for the Saint John Harbour Bridge Authority where he managed all bridge operations. Then in 2002 he headed up the Fundy Region Solid Waste Commission where he built a cohesive team that propelled the facililities operations into the 'black' while introducing a highly successful and growing recycling program. The recycling program alone helped divert over 30,000 tons of garbage from the area's landfill.

Jack has served his community in various other ways. He was first elected to the Grand Bay council in 1995. He served a second term on town council between 1998 and 2001 where he was the founding Chairperson of the Regional Facilities Commission. His other leadership roles include acting as Co-chair of the Saint John Flames season ticket drive, Chair of the Volunteer Fire Department study in Grand Bay-Westfield, Chair of the facilities study for recreation in Greater Saint John and Chair of the Provincial Affairs Committee for Saint John Board of Trade. He is also a member of the Maine-New Brunswick Trade Corridor committee, a committee focused on ensuring the availability of funding for the third bridge on the St. Stephen - Calais border. Jack has also served as volunteer and supported many projects including ProKids, Milk for Moms, Moosehead Skate To Care and Enterprise Saint John.

Jack is married to Barbara (Jeffrey), his high school sweetheart. Barbara works as a Director of Rehabilitation, Development and Evaluation at Worksafe New Brunswick. They currently reside in Grand Bay - Westfield.

Website Link(s)

Energy Constituency Office