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| Affiliation | Liberal |
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| Name | Kelly Lamrock |
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Fredericton, New Brunswick , Canada |
| Email | kelly.lamrock@gnb.ca |
| Website | None |
| Born |
February 05, 1970
(54 years)
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| Info | Kelly Lamrock was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the provincial general election held June 9, 2003. As a member of the official opposition, he is the critic for areas of interest relating to education and universities (Anglophone). He served on the Select Committee on Public Automobile Insurance and he is a member of the Select Committees on Health and Education. He is a member of the Standing Committee on Procedure. He is the official opposition House Leader.
Following graduation from Fredericton High School, he completed post-secondary education in Fredericton, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree from St. Thomas University in 1995, and a law degree from the University of New Brunswick in 1997.
Kelly Lamrock was the first student to be elected president of the student union at both U.N.B. and St. Thomas, and in 1991, he became the youngest student ever to be elected National Chair of the Canadian Federation of Students. He was a founding president of the New Brunswick Student Alliance and he appeared before more than 20 parliamentary and legislative committees to discuss improving the education system. He published two papers on education reform, Open Doors, Open Minds and No More Smoke and Mirrors. He was instrumental in establishing New Brunswick's first university tuition freeze as well as new rules making it easier for middle-class families to become eligible for student aid.
In 1997, he won the Laskin Moot, a national law school moot court competition in constitutional law. He has also published an article in the UNB Law Review.
After graduation, Kelly built a law practice focussed on information technology law. He also served as a public policy consultant to a number of educational groups.
In 1998, he became the director of policy and communications for the New Brunswick Healthcare Association, a group representing New Brunswick's hospital corporations. In that role, he authored reports recommending new approaches to physician recruitment and the creation of community health clinics. In 2000, he completed an executive certificate course in health policy offered by the University of Toronto and Harvard University.
He is currently the Director of Student Affairs at St. Thomas University where he is responsible for overseeing student services on campus. He has also taught political science courses at both St. Thomas and UNBSJ.
He is active in the community as a long-time member of the Calithumpians Theatre Company and in Theatre Fredericton. He has volunteered his time to a variety of fundraisers such as Youth in Transition, Theatre New Brunswick and the St. Thomas Millennium Bursary Fund. He is past president of the St. Thomas University Alumni Association and a member of the New Brunswick Law Society, the Canadian Bar Association, and Amnesty International.
His work as a political commentator for CBC won him the Radio and TV New Directors Association award for best Canadian television news commentary in 1996.
Mr. Lamrock lives in Marysville with his wife Karen, who is also a lawyer. They have two children, Kennedy and Kayleigh.
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