Gary Keating

Gary Keating is a former Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the 2014 provincial election.[1] He represented the electoral district of Saint John East as a member of the Liberal Party. He won the riding by just nine votes over Progressive Conservative MLA Glen Savoie,[2] the narrowest margin of victory in the entire province,[2] although his victory was ultimately confirmed by an automatic recount.[2]

Gary Keating
Member of the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly for Saint John East
In office September 22, 2014 – October 14, 2014
Preceded by	Glen Savoie
Succeeded by	Glen Savoie
Personal details
Political party	Liberal
Residence	Saint John, New Brunswick
Occupation	school principal

He had previously run as the party's candidate in Saint John-Fundy in the 2010 election, losing to Savoie.

Just three weeks after the election, Keating resigned his seat on October 14, 2014, announcing that after some personal reflection he had decided that public political life was "not for him" as it would entail too much time away from his family,[3] and apologizing to the voters of Saint John East. Savoie won the resulting by-election.

Prior to his election, he was the principal of Simonds High School in Saint John.

Electoral record

2010 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Glen Savoie	2,908	52.02	+14.17
	Liberal	Gary Keating	1,734	31.02	-24.44
	New Democratic	Lise Lennon	592	10.59	+3.90
	Green	Mathew Ian Clark	185	3.31	–
	People's Alliance	Glenn McAllister	171	3.06	–
Total valid votes			5,590	100.0
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+19.30

2014 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gary Keating	2,332	37.02	+3.96
	Progressive Conservative	Glen Savoie	2,323	36.88	-0.96
	New Democratic	Phil Comeau	1,167	18.53	-5.16
	Green	Sharon Murphy	353	5.60	+0.20
	People's Alliance	Jason Inness	124	1.97
Total valid votes			6,299	100.0
Total rejected ballots			26	0.41
Turnout			6,325	54.88
Eligible voters			11,526
	Liberal notional gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+2.46
Voting results declared after judicial recount.
Source: Elections New Brunswick[4]

References

1. "5 N.B. election races decided by fewer than 100 votes". CBC News, September 23, 2014.
2. "Saint John East MLA-elect Gary Keating resigns". CBC News, October 14, 2014.
3. "New Brunswick Liberal politician quits three weeks after being elected". The Globe and Mail, October 14, 2014.
4. Elections New Brunswick (6 Oct 2014). "Declared Results, 2014 New Brunswick election". Archived from the original on 2014-10-14. Retrieved 16 Oct 2014.