Jody Carr

MLA, Oromocto
Critic - Justice and Consumer Affairs
Critic - Attorney General
Critic - Courts of New Brunswick
Critic - New Brunswick Arts Board
Critic - New Brunswick Credit Union Deposit Insurance Corporation
Critic - New Brunswick Insurance Board
Critic - Office of the Consumer Advocate for Insurance
Critic - Conflict of Interest Commissioner
Critic - Policy Development
Personal Website - www.jodycarr.ca


Jody Carr was born on July 3, 1975, in Saint John, N.B., the youngest son of the late Basil Carr and Debbie Johnston. He has a twin brother, Jack, and an older brother, Jeff. He attended Oromocto High School where he graduated in 1993 as class president. He went on to the university of New Brunswick where he graduated with a Degree in Business Administration in 1998, majoring in economics.

In 1995, at 20 years old, he was the youngest Progressive Conservative Party candidate in the history of New Brunswick when he was a candidate in the provincial general election in the riding of Oromocto-Gagetown. He was co-chair of the 1997 Progressive Conservative leadership convention and worked as a researcher in the Office of the Official Opposition.

He is from the community of Geary, N.B., and was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the provincial general election held June 7, 1999. During the Fifty-Fourth Legislature, he was a member of the Standing Committee on Private Bills, Standing Committee on Crown Corporations, Select Committee on Education, and Select Committee on Local Governance and Regional Collaboration.

He was re-elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the provincial general election held June 9, 2003. He chaired the Standing Committee on Law Amendments and served as vice-chair of the Select Committee on Education. He served on the Standing Committees on Privileges, Public Accounts, and Crown Corporations. In addition, he was a member of the Select Committees on Health Care and Wood Supply, chair of the Fredericton region government caucus, and he was the chair of the provincial government caucus.

On February 14, 2006, he was sworn in as Minister of Post-secondary Education and Training.

He was re-elected in the provincial election held September 18, 2006.

Jody Carr is married to Krista and they have two daughters. They reside in Burton, N.B.