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Acadie-Bathurst 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8a 8b 8c 8d 12
CA Jean Gauvin Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N PL
  Comments:   Pro-life, qualified by exception for rape, life of mother; 8c - as above; agrees with statement that consensus cannot obligate legislator to abrogate inalienable human rights

Acadie-Bathurst 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8a 8b 8c 8d 12
LIB Bernard Theriault N Y N Y N     Y N N Y PC
  Comments:   Pro-abortion; #6,7 - no answer - question is badly formulated

Acadie-Bathurst 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8a 8b 8c 8d 12
NDP Yvon Godin, MP                        
  Comments:   Refused to respond; not pro-life; 1997 said he would support pro-life legislation on abortion; voted for M-123, Svend Robinson's pro-euthanasia motion; voted against traditional opposite-sex definition of marriage

Acadie-Bathurst 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8a 8b 8c 8d 12
PC Alcide Leger   Y           Y        
  Comments:   Not pro-life

Beauséjour-Petitcodiac 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8a 8b 8c 8d 12
CA Tom Taylor Y Y Y N N Y   Y Y Y Y PL
  Comments:   Pro-life; but qualified by #2 - accepts for rape, incest; agrees that consensus cannot bind legislators to abrogate inalienable human rights

Beauséjour-Petitcodiac 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8a 8b 8c 8d 12
LIB Dominic LeBlanc                        
  Comments:   Pro-abortion; refused to respond; 1997 - submitted Liberal Party response which supported abortion on demand

Beauséjour-Petitcodiac 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8a 8b 8c 8d 12
NDP Inka Milewski                        
  Comments:   Refused to respond; the NDP supports abortion on demand and the legalization of assisted suicide

Beauséjour-Petitcodiac 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8a 8b 8c 8d 12
PC Angela Vautour, MP                        
  Comments:   Not pro-life; refused to respond to questionnaire; voted for M-123, Svend Robinson's pro-euthanasia motion; voted against traditional opposite-sex definition of marriage

Fredericton 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8a 8b 8c 8d 12
CA Allan Neill                        
  Comments:   Considers self to be pro-life but refused to answer questionnaire; doesn't want views known

Fredericton 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8a 8b 8c 8d 12
LIB Andy Scott, MP                        
  Comments:   Pro-abortion; submitted only Liberal Party response;1997 - indicated to voter that he would vote to end funding of abortion, but would not vote to recriminalize abortion

Fredericton 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8a 8b 8c 8d 12
NDP Michael Dunn                        
  Comments:   Refused to respond; Campaign manager stated candidate supports NDP pro-abortion policy.

Fredericton 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8a 8b 8c 8d 12
PC Raj Venugopal                        
  Comments:   Refused to respond; said he has to research the matter.

Fundy-Royal 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8a 8b 8c 8d 12
CA Rob Moore                        
  Comments:   Refused to respond; considered to be pro-life

Fundy-Royal 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8a 8b 8c 8d 12
LIB John King                        
  Comments:   Refused to respond

Fundy-Royal 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8a 8b 8c 8d 12
NDP John Calder                        
  Comments:   Refused to respond; the NDP supports abortion on demand and the legalization of assisted suicide

Fundy-Royal 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8a 8b 8c 8d 12
PC John Herron, MP                        
  Comments:   Not pro-life; Refused to respond to questionaire; has tolds voters that he considers abortion to be a private matter between a woman and her doctor; voted for M-123, Svend Robinson's pro-euthanasia motion.

Madawaska-Restigouche 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8a 8b 8c 8d 12
CA Scott Chedore Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y PL
  Comments:   Pro-life with exception for life of mother; agrees that consensus cannot bind legislators to abrogate inalienable human rights - I believe in democracy but not in getting rid of my brain. We must be committed to the principles of justice,

Madawaska-Restigouche 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8a 8b 8c 8d 12
LIB Jeannot Castonguay                        
  Comments:   Refused to respond

Madawaska-Restigouche 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8a 8b 8c 8d 12
NDP Claude Albert                        
  Comments:   Refused to respond; the NDP supports abortion on demand and the legalization of assisted suicide

Madawaska-Restigouche 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8a 8b 8c 8d 12
PC Jean Dube, MP                        
  Comments:   Refused to respond; 1997- rated as pro-abortion

Miramichi 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8a 8b 8c 8d 12
CA Ken Clark Y Y N   N Y N Y Y   N  
  Comments:   Pro-abortion; #2 - would allow abortion for woman's health or safety; neither pro-life nor pro-choice; disagrees with statement that consensus cannot bind legislator to abrogate inalienable human rights

Miramichi 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8a 8b 8c 8d 12
LIB Charles Hubbard, MP                        
  Comments:   Pro-life; refused to answer questionnaire; at a public meeting he stated that he favored extending human right to the unborn; longtime member of a pro-life group; voted against pro-euthanasia bill.

Miramichi 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8a 8b 8c 8d 12
NDP Allan Goodfellow Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N PL
  Comments:   Pro-life with exceptions; at a public meeting he stated that he believes that human life begins at conception and that he favoured extending human rights to the unborn.

Miramichi 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8a 8b 8c 8d 12
PC David Kelly Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y PL
  Comments:   Pro-life; stated at a public meeting that he favoured extending human rights to the unborn.

Moncton-Riverview-Dieppe 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8a 8b 8c 8d 12
CA Kathryn Barnes   Y     N Y Y Y     Y  
  Comments:   Not pro-life; unsure of many questions; emphasizes consensus; considers self between pro-life and pro-choice

Moncton-Riverview-Dieppe 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8a 8b 8c 8d 12
LIB Claudette Bradshaw,MP                        
  Comments:   Pro-abortion; submitted Liberal Party response;

Moncton-Riverview-Dieppe 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8a 8b 8c 8d 12
NDP Helene Lapointe Y Y N Y N N N Y Y   Y PC
  Comments:   Pro-abortion; #2 - if the woman wants it; 8b - in order to have a fair debate on the issue

Moncton-Riverview-Dieppe 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8a 8b 8c 8d 12
PC Serge Landry                        
  Comments:   Refused to respond

New Brunswick Southwest 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8a 8b 8c 8d 12
CA John Erbs Y N Y   Y Y Y Y Y Y   PL
  Comments:   Pro-life; but stated at Nov.14 meeting he would go against his (pro-life) conscience if majority of voters wanted this; #2 - exception to every rule, each case judged on own merit; #4 - hesitant to answer; #8b - national referendum; 8d - would have to hear from consitituents; believes national referendun is only vehicle to define legal rights of unborn

New Brunswick Southwest 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8a 8b 8c 8d 12
LIB Winston Gamblin                        
  Comments:   Pro-abortion; refused to respond; stated at Nov 14th meeting that he is personally pro-life but he considers abortion a matter of choice.

New Brunswick Southwest 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8a 8b 8c 8d 12
NDP Habib Kilisli                        
  Comments:   Pro-abortion; stated at Nov 14th meeting that he supports party policy on abortion.

New Brunswick Southwest 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8a 8b 8c 8d 12
PC Gregory Thompson, MP                        
  Comments:   Pro-life; refused to respond; stated at public meeting Nov.14 that he has a pro-life voting record and that he will continue to vote this way. 1997 - would not answer questionnaire; but is solidly pro-life and as an MP has a pro-life voting record

Saint John 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8a 8b 8c 8d 12
CA Peter Touchebourne Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y       PL
  Comments:   Pro-life; 8b) declined to answer, says it depends on constituents' wishes.; 8c) same as 8b.; 8d) same as 8b.; agrees that consensus cannot bind legislators to abrogate inalienable human rights

Saint John 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8a 8b 8c 8d 12
LIB Paul Zed                        
  Comments:   Failed to respond; was rated as pro-life when previously an MP; 1997 - refused to complete questionnaire and said It's illegal, and I can't do it

Saint John 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8a 8b 8c 8d 12
NDP Rod Hill                        
  Comments:   Refused to respond; the NDP supports abortion on demand and the legalization of assisted suicide

Saint John 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8a 8b 8c 8d 12
PC Elsie Wayne, MP Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y PL
  Comments:   Pro-life; one of most outspoken pro-life MPs. Co-chair of all-party pro-life caucus.

Tobique-Mactaquac 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8a 8b 8c 8d 12
CA Adam Richardson Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y PL
  Comments:   Pro-life with exception results of any referendums would supercede all his personal opinions; does not know how to respond to statement that consensus cannot bind legislators to abrogate inalienable human rights; believes national referendum is only vehicle for deciding legal rights of the unborn

Tobique-Mactaquac 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8a 8b 8c 8d 12
LIB Andy Savoy                        
  Comments:   Refused to respond

Tobique-Mactaquac 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8a 8b 8c 8d 12
NDP Carolyn Van Dine                        
  Comments:   no information available; the NDP supports abortion on demand and the legalization of assisted suicide

Tobique-Mactaquac 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8a 8b 8c 8d 12
PC Gilles Bernier, MP Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y PL
  Comments:   Pro-life with exception for rape, incest;


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