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Veniot was first elected to the Legislative Assembly Of New Brunswick in 1894, but left politics in 1900 for a customs job. In 1912, he was hired to reorganize the Liberal Party Of New Brunswick , and became a Member Of The Legislative Assembly (MLA) again in 1917. He served in Cabinet as Minister of Public Works and became premier in 1923 . Veniot was a supporter of the Maritime Rights movement, which advocated more power for the Maritime Provinces in Canadian Confederation . His government was defeated in 1925 . Veniot resigned as provincial Liberal leader in 1926 in order to enter federal politics in the 1926 Federal Election . He served as Postmaster-General in the Cabinet of William Lyon Mackenzie King . In cabinet, Veniot advocated implementation of the Duncan Commission recommendations on alleviating Maritime alienation. Recommendations of freight-rate reductions and subsidy increases were implemented, but suggestions for subsidies based on fiscal need and transportation use to encourage regional development were ignored. Veniot remained a Member Of Parliament until his death in 1936.
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