George Rideout Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honourable
George S. Rideout
Birth Date:1945 1, df=yes
Birth Place:Moncton, New Brunswick
Parliament1:Canadian
Riding1:Moncton
Term Start1:21 November 1988
Term End1:2 June 1997
Predecessor1:Dennis Cochrane
Successor1:Claudette Bradshaw
Office2:Mayor of Moncton, New Brunswick
Term Start2:May 1983
Term End2:December 1988
Predecessor2:Dennis Cochrane
Successor2:Leopold Belliveau
Profession:Attorney
Party:Liberal
Residence:Moncton, New Brunswick

George Saunders Rideout (born 2 January 1945 in Moncton, New Brunswick) was a member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 1997. He was also the mayor of Moncton from 1983 to 1988. During his tenure as mayor, he laid the groundwork for Moncton's ascension as a regional hub of economic activity.

The son of two former federal Members of Parliament, Sherwood Rideout and Margaret Rideout, he was a lawyer by career, in practice with Stewart & Stratton and later Rideout & Robinson. Stepping down as mayor in 1988,[1] he won election for the Liberal party that year and in the following elections in 1993, representing the Moncton electoral district. Rideout thus served in the 34th and 35th Canadian Parliaments and in doing so, gave the Rideout family the distinction of being one of the few in Canada to have three separate family members to hold the same riding.

Rideout did not seek a third term in Parliament and left federal politics in 1997. Shortly afterwards, he was appointed to the Court of Queen's Bench of New Brunswick. He is still serving in that position.

Notes and References

  1. Edward W. Larracy, Resurgo: The History of Moncton, Volume II, City of Moncton, 1991, pp. 416, 472