Danny Gay

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Donald "Danny" Gay is a New Brunswick politician. He served as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1995 to 1997.

Gay, a New Brunswick Liberal, was elected to the legislature in the 1987 election which saw his party win every seat under Frank McKenna. He was re-elected in 1991 and 1995 but was defeated in 1999.

He was elected speaker following the 1995 election but resigned from that post to join McKenna's cabinet in 1997 as minister of fisheries. He continued in that post under Ray Frenette and Camille Thériault who succeeded McKenna as Premier of New Brunswick.

Following his defeat in 1999, he has a stint working for the federal government in Ottawa and then went on to teach English in China. He took a leave of absence from his teaching job to return to Canada and run as an independent in the 2006 federal election opposing Liberal incumbent Charles Hubbard, he was defeated.

Preceded by
Shirley Dysart		 Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
1995-1997		 Succeeded by
John McKay
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