Eric Allaby
Eric Allaby | |
|---|---|
| MLA for Charlotte-Fundy | |
| In office October 13, 1987 – September 11, 1995 | |
| Preceded by | James N. Tucker Jr. |
| Succeeded by | District dissolved |
| MLA for Fundy Isles | |
| In office September 11, 1995 – September 18, 2006 | |
| Preceded by | District created |
| Succeeded by | District dissolved |
| Chair of the Liberal caucus | |
| In office 1998–1999 | |
| Preceded by | John McKay |
| Succeeded by | Shawn Graham |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 7, 1943 |
| Party | Liberal |
| Occupation | professional diver, author |
Kenneth Eric Allaby (born August 7, 1943 on Grand Manan Island, New Brunswick) is a former New Brunswick politician.
Provincial politics
He first ran for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick as the Liberal candidate for the Charlotte-Fundy riding in the 1982 election but was defeated.[1][2] He won the seat in the 1987 election in which Frank McKenna's Liberal party captured every seat. He was re-elected in Charlotte-Fundy in 1991 and won the newly created Fundy Isles constituency in 1995, 1999 and 2003.[3]
In 2007, he was named to the board of directors for the New Brunswick Provincial Capital Commission.[4]
Marine history
Allaby has a Bachelor of Science degree from Acadia University, where he studied physics.[5][3] He financed his education by working as a diver in Grand Manan fishing weirs and later worked as a salvage diver removing brass and copper from shipwrecks in the Bay of Fundy. In 1970 and 1971 he was funded by the Ford Foundation to study marine history, and spent three months at Lloyd's of London researching shipwrecks.[5] From 1973 to 1976 he worked on underwater archaeology with funding from the national museums of Canada.[6]: 2
Allaby served as curator of the Grand Manan Museum, where he succeeded his mentor Lincoln Keith Ingersoll.[6]: 262 He has written several books about shipwrecks and marine history.[3]
References
- ^ "Grand Manan man selected". Telegraph-Journal. Saint John, NB. August 23, 1982. p. 5.
- ^ "Ballot box scoreboard". Saint John Times Globe. Saint John, NB. October 10, 1982. p. 3.
- ^ a b c "Fundy Isles" (PDF). Biographies of Members: Legislative Assembly New Brunswick 54th Legislature. Fredericton, N.B.: Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick. 2020. p. 21. ISBN 1-55236-695-2. Retrieved February 13, 2026.Archived October 23, 2020, at the Wayback Machine (pdf)
- ^ "Provincial Capital Commission board of directors named, Government of New Brunswick". Archived from the original on May 3, 2008. Retrieved July 17, 2008.
- ^ a b Little, Bruce (March 26, 1975). "Heritage lies under the ocean". The Hamilton Spectator. Hamilton, Ontario. p. 99.
- ^ a b Allaby, Eric (2022). The Sea Wins: Shipwrecks of the Bay of Fundy. Halifax, NS: Nimbus Publishing. ISBN 9781774711378.