MEET THE CANDIDATE NIGHT - Wednesday, October 2nd
Location: Hampton High School Auditorium, 34 Elizabeth Avenue, Hampton
Join us for an informative and engaging evening as we introduce you to the candidates vying for MLA positions in our area. This event offers a unique opportunity to hear from those seeking to represent our communities.
The Hampton Area Chamber of Commerce is committed to fostering a strong and vibrant community, and we believe that providing an opportunity for constituents to meet their candidates is essential to achieving this goal. We expect that candidates and the public will keep discussions cordial to promote a respectful and productive atmosphere.
Learn about the candidates platforms, priorities, and visions for the riding of Hampton-Fundy-St Martins. Ask questions, share your concerns, and gain insights into the issues that matter most to you.
Questions will be posed by the Moderator and attendees will be invited to submit their questions upon arrival or, questions may be submitted ahead of time at the following link: Submit Your Question Here
Meet The Candidates
Faytene Grasseschi
The daughter of an NHL hockey player and granddaughter of farmers who fled communism, Faytene was raised to work hard and help others. Faytene has a deep commitment to our riding and a proven track record of success in the private sector, non-profit, broadcast, and advocacy fields. She is committed to using her skills and experience to deliver for us all.
Experience:
During her university years, Faytene earned the distinction of being a top manager and top salesperson nationally for the Southwestern Company. After earning her degree in business and communications, she launched a city-wide food delivery project for the needy, created a rescue program for starving children in Liberia, helped pass two federal bills to fight human trafficking, and founded a non-profit organization which led 17 leadership delegations to the Parliament of Canada.
Through her advocacy, Faytene has become an effective parliamentary liaison, building strong relationships with many current Conservative Members of Parliament.
Presently, Faytene serves as the executive director of a charity based on Darlings Island, hosts a weekly national commentary TV show airing on nine networks, and is developing a community garden to help those fighting food insecurity in our riding. Together with her husband, she has overseen multiple property projects.
Faytene is a dedicated candidate with fresh ideas, a genuine heart for people, and a proven track record of success.
As a member of the PCNB team, she’s committed to reducing the cost of living and taxes, balancing the books, supporting local businesses and industry, improving healthcare, senior care and education, respecting parents, and being a voice for rural New Brunswick.
She will respond when you call.
This winter, you’ll spot her, Robert and Keyanna at the Hampton hockey rink cheering on Aayden and his Husky teammates!
www.votefaytene.ca
Gordie Stackhouse
Gordie was born and raised in Hampton. He relocated to Vancouver with his family for a time where he pursued higher education. Inevitably, his deep-rooted connection to Hampton drew him back to his hometown, where he is now dedicated to raising his family.
Gordie is committed to making a lasting impact on his community by supporting local businesses and community initiatives. He is an advocate for affordable housing and food, striving to ensure that families can live—not just get by. Furthermore, Gordie is unwavering in his belief that accessible healthcare for all should be a fundamental right for every citizen.
Campaign Page: https://www.facebook.com/HamptonNDP?mibextid=ZbWKwL
John Herron
A Candidate from the community, for the community
John is a New Brunswicker dedicated to his province and his community who has demonstrated his commitment through public service.
A former two-term Member of Parliament, John is an experienced legislator and has held leadership roles in energy, regulatory affairs and public policy development. John is stepping down from his role as CEO of the New Brunswick Business Council to return to public life because many in the community have asked him to do so.
As the Member of Parliament for Fundy Royal, John has represented each of the regions that make up the new provincial riding of Hampton-Fundy-St. Martins. During this time, he was a member of the Standing Committee on the Environment, including a term as Vice-Chair. John and his team are building an unlikely, broad coalition of centrists, of people who believe in inclusive politics, not rigid ideology, a coalition that is open to ideas, respectful of citizens, and committed to making a positive difference in our communities.
LEARN MORE ABOUT JOHN
● Race Director for the Hampton 5-Miler Charity Community Event
● Two-term president of the Rotary Club of Hampton
● Former President of the VA Snow Center Foundation in Hampton
● Head coach of Hampton High’s cross country, track and field, and track and field teams
for 15 years
● Former member of the Hampton Town Square land acquisition committee
BY VOTING FOR JOHN
With John’s extensive professional experience, he is expected to play a leading role in the new government led by Susan Holt. John believes this election is our opportunity to give New Brunswickers the responsible, progressive government they want and deserve.
John is an avid runner, having completed the Boston Marathon ten times in a row. He has had a passion for the Hampton-Fundy-St. Martins riding for four decades, since representing New Brunswick as a member of the 1985 Canada Games soccer team, and is a long-time resident of Bloomfield, Kings County, with his wife Heather Libbey and children Rosemary and Patrick. It is this experience and leadership that he will bring to Fredericton. Our province will be better with John as a member of the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly.on. Notre province sera meilleure avec John comme membre de l’Assemblée législative du Nouveau-Brunswick.
Laura Myers
Laura Myers is an award winning teacher with over 30 years of teaching experience. In 2017 she started to incorporate climate change into her math classes and inspired her students to build a greenhouse, start a food forest and then go on to create the Climate Action Team. This led to Hampton High becoming a platinum Eco School.
Laura was trained as a Climate Reality Leader through the Climate Reality Project and in 2020, she started teaching Environmental Science 120.
In 2022, she was awarded the 2022 Gaia Champion Teacher Award for excellence in climate action and youth empowerment.
In June of 2022, she decided to retire from classroom teaching and made climate change education her primary focus when she joined Learning for a Sustainable Future as an environmental educational consultant. She helps high school teachers incorporate climate action and the Sustainable Development Goals across the curriculum.
When David Coon asked her to run for the Green Party for the riding of Hampton-Fundy-St. Martins, she jumped at the opportunity to take her personal and professional action to a political level, working with the people of this riding to instill positive change.
Laura Myers
Green Party Candidate for Hampton-Fundy-St. Martins
http://TeamLaura.ca
Peter Graham
Peter Graham will be running for the People's Alliance Party of New Brunswick in the riding of Hampton, Fundy, St. Martins.
Originally from Ontario, Peter and his wife brought their two children to NB for a vacation to the Saint John region with her parents and sister's family seven years ago. They decided they didn't want to go back! They immediately began looking for work, and in just over a year, they made their move and have never looked back. In fact, they fall more in love with NB every day.
Being passionate about NB, Peter has become increasingly concerned with the divisive policies of the other political parties, which seem to use ideologies to justify creating resentment and division amongst our population.
The People's Alliance appeals to Peter because of its balanced policies, inclusive membership, and genuine interest in welcoming and valuing the thoughts, ideas, views, and needs of everyone. Their belief in working cooperatively and respectfully to find solutions, always with citizens in mind, is needed in today's government.
The party's focus on people and their receiving the care and services they need and pay for is a welcome change. With healthcare, affordability, housing, and education as priorities, it's time to focus on what we need rather than what we want, and the two-party system has long proven unable to get the job done.
Let's work together to build the New Brunswick we all deserve!
Peter Graham D.D., B.A.