STOSHNOF, Phillip Anthony
On 11:30 p.m. Monday, July 30, 2018 at the St. John Regional Hospital St. John, New Brunswick, Phillip Anthony Stoshnof passed away after complications from 2 heart attacks. He is predeceased by his father Phillip Stooshnov Sr., mother Pauline (nee Davidoff), son Tyler Aspin and second wife Pia Elgaard. Phil or Sonny as he was also known to family and friends, leaves behind his eldest son Jason Aspin (wife Chunying Li) and grandsons Jack and Lucas, former wife Linda Aspin, brother Ed Stooshnov (wife Diana) and sister Linda Allen (husband Gordon) and their families. Many cousins, too many to mention, will also miss Phillip. A CELEBRATION OF LIFE WILL BE HELD 2 p.m. Saturday, September 1st, 2018 in the Clubhouse of the old Eagles View Golf Course in Murray River…in typical Phil style it will end when the fun is over and the music stops. In lieu of flowers the family asks any donations can be made to the SPCA.
After making inroads in recent provincial elections across Canada, the Green party is looking for fresh gains when New Brunswickers go to the polls next month.
Currently, provincial Green Leader David Coon is the party’s only member in the legislature, having won in 2014, and political scientist Tom Bateman says Coon is likely to win his seat again.
“He has been an articulate MLA and a very good constituency MLA,” said Bateman, of St. Thomas University in Fredericton.
The party is concentrating on a couple of key ridings, with federal Green Leader Elizabeth May in the province to help campaign this week.
“I feel quite confident in David Coon, having had a spectacular record in four years. I have every expectation when the election is over and he returns to the legislature he will return with a caucus of Green MLAs from New Brunswick,” May said Thursday.
She spent a couple days campaigning with Coon in his Fredericton South riding and with Megan Mitton - the party’s candidate in the Sackville-area riding of Memramcook-Tantramar.
The two ridings are seen by many as the Greens’ best chances to win seats, and May said she is seeing a groundswell of support.
“In 20 minutes in Sackville we raised $24,000. In 20 minutes last night at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery we raised $17,000. You don’t have people showing up for fundraisers in large numbers unless there’s something going on. And there’s something definitely going on in New Brunswick,” she said.
Bateman said parts of Memramcook-Tantramar, home of Mount Allison University, are much like David Coon’s Fredericton riding, and many people there could be looking for a new place to put their vote.