TAMMY SCOTT-WALLACE

Tammy Scott-Wallace is the member of the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly for the riding of Sussex-Three Rivers. First elected in 2020, she has previously served as Minister of Tourism, Heritage, and Culture (2020-2024) and Minister responsible for Women's Equality (2020-2023). Tammy currently serves as the chairperson of the Legislature's Public Accounts Committee and is critic for Agriculture, Aquaculture and Fisheries, as well as Women's Equality, for the Official Opposition. 

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Tammy was born and raised in Belleisle Creek. She studied political science at Mount Allison University and journalism at Holland College on Prince Edward Island.

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After completing her studies, Tammy had a successful 25-year career as an award-winning journalist throughout the Maritimes. Most of those years were spent as an editor and reporter for the Times & Transcript, Telegraph-Journal and Kings County Record. Tammy covered politics at all levels and spent her career listening to the stories of people in Sussex-Three Rivers and across the province about the issues that matter most to them. Those many conversations with people and the challenges and successes they face inspired her to run to represent her riding in the Legislature and work to help solve the existing roadblocks.

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Tammy lives in the Sussex area with her husband Troy, son Kegan, and daughter Jaime.