Early life

Savoy was raised in the Perth-Andover, New Brunswick

Perth-Andover, New Brunswick

Perth-Andover is a Canadian village in Victoria County, New Brunswick.The village is divided by the Saint John River with Perth on the east bank and Andover on the west bank; each was a separate community until municipal amalgamation in 1966...

 area and educated at the University of New Brunswick

University of New Brunswick

The University of New Brunswick is a Canadian university located in the province of New Brunswick. UNB is the oldest English language university in Canada and among the first public universities in North America. The university has two main campuses: the original campus founded in 1785 in...

 in Fredericton

Fredericton, New Brunswick

Fredericton is the capital of the Canadian province of New Brunswick, by virtue of the provincial parliament which sits there. An important cultural, artistic, and educational centre for the province, Fredericton is home to two universities and cultural institutions such as the Beaverbrook Art...

 where he earned a Bachelor of Science

Bachelor of Science

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 in engineering

Engineering

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 as well as a Masters of Business Administration.

Entrance to politics

Elected to the Perth-Andover village council in 1989, he represented the village on the Grand Falls Regional Economic Development Commission before resigning in 1991, when he moved to Fredericton to work for the Research and Productivity Council.

In 2000

Canadian federal election, 2000

The 2000 Canadian federal election was held on November 27, 2000, to elect 301 Members of Parliament of the Canadian House of Commons of the 37th Parliament of Canada....

, Savoy ran for Parliament

Parliament of Canada

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 in the conservative

Canadian conservatism

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-minded riding

Electoral district (Canada)

An electoral district in Canada, also known as a constituency or a riding, is a geographical constituency upon which Canada's representative democracy is based...

 Tobique—Mactaquac

Tobique—Mactaquac

Tobique—Mactaquac is a federal electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997...

 for the Liberal Party

Liberal Party of Canada

The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...

. Savoy defeated the incumbent

Incumbent

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-Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 (MP), Progressive Conservative

Progressive Conservative Party of Canada

The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....

 Gilles Bernier

Gilles Bernier (New Brunswick politician)

Gilles Bernier is a former Canadian politician. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons as a Progressive Conservative to represent the riding of Tobique—Mactaquac...

 by only 150 votes. His share of the vote was only 34%, compared to 33% for Bernier and 29% for Canadian Alliance

Canadian Alliance

The Canadian Alliance , formally the Canadian Reform Conservative Alliance , was a Canadian conservative political party that existed from 2000 to 2003. The party was the successor to the Reform Party of Canada and inherited its position as the Official Opposition in the House of Commons and held...

 candidate Adam Richardson -- the smallest plurality of any successful candidate in that election.

After his first election, he became the first MP from Atlantic Canada

Atlantic Canada

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 to be elected chair of the Rural Caucus

Caucus

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 of the Liberal Party. On February 4, 2004, he was elected chair

Caucus chair

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 of the National Liberal Caucus, the first Atlantic Canadian to hold the post since Brian Tobin

Brian Tobin

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 in the 1980s.

Despite his success in his first term in office, pundits suggested that Savoy faced a tough battle for re-election

Canadian federal election, 2004

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 especially with the creation of the new Conservative Party of Canada

Conservative Party of Canada

The Conservative Party of Canada , is a political party in Canada which was formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in 2003. It is positioned on the right of the Canadian political spectrum...

 out of the old Progressive Conservative and Canadian Alliance parties whose combined vote in 2000 was 63%. This was not the case as Savoy was re-elected by a margin of 3,008 votes, beating the Conservative candidate Mike Allen

Mike Allen (Canadian politician)

Michael Allen, better known as Mike Allen, is a Canadian politician. He was elected to represent the riding of Tobique—Mactaquac as a member of the Conservative Party of Canada in the Canadian House of Commons in the January 2006 federal election.Allen comes from a very politically active family...

 48% to 39%. However, in the 2006 election

Canadian federal election, 2006

The 2006 Canadian federal election was held on January 23, 2006, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 39th Parliament of Canada. The Conservative Party of Canada won the greatest number of seats: 40.3% of seats, or 124 out of 308, up from 99 seats in 2004, and 36.3% of votes:...

 his luck did not continue, his party lost the election nationally and he too was defeated by Allen by a margin of 254 votes.

Provincial Liberal

New Brunswick Liberal Association

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 leader Shawn Graham

Shawn Graham

Shawn Michael Graham, MLA is a New Brunswick politician, who served as the 31st Premier of New Brunswick. He received a Bachelor of Physical Education Degree in 1991 and a Bachelor of Education Degree in 1993, he worked for New Brunswick's civil service before being elected to the Legislative...

 made comments in the press immediately following Savoy's federal defeat stating that he would be very excited to have Savoy stand under his banner for election to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick

Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick

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 in the next provincial election, however Savoy did not offer as a candidate.

He supported Bob Rae

Bob Rae

Robert Keith "Bob" Rae, PC, OC, OOnt, QC, MP is a Canadian politician. He is the Member of Parliament for Toronto Centre and interim leader of the Liberal Party of Canada....

's bid for the Liberal leadership in 2006. http://www.bobrae.ca/en/pressreleases.php#43