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Dennis Cochrane
Dennis Cochrane is a Canadian politician and civil servant.
He was elected leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick in 1990 and regained seats for his party in the 1991 election, the PCs having been shut out in 1987. Though he won only three seats in the election he gained others through by-elections and seemed poised to win, at least, official opposition in the coming election.
The opposition Confederation of Regions Party was suffering internal strife and a number of its members chose to sat as independents. Cochrane invited them to join the PC caucus however they declined and one of the Acadian members quit in protest. As a result, Cochrane resigned the leadership.
Following the victory of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia in the neighbouring province's 1999 election , he was named deputy minister of Education.
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