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2017 Nova Scotia General Election
The 2017 Nova Scotia general election was held on May 30, 2017, to elect members to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. The Liberals under Premier Stephen McNeil won re-election with a somewhat reduced majority, falling from 34 seats at dissolution to 27 seats. Timeline * October 8, 2013 – The Liberal Party, led by Stephen McNeil, wins the 2013 Nova Scotia general election. The Progressive Conservative Association becomes the official opposition, and the governing New Democratic Party is relegated to third party status. * November 23, 2013 – Darrell Dexter resigns as leader of the New Democratic Party (NDP) and MLA Maureen MacDonald becomes interim leader. *February 27, 2016 – Gary Burrill is elected leader of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party. *June 28, 2016 - The Atlantica Party becomes Nova Scotia's newest registered political party. *April 30, 2017 – Premier Stephen McNeil calls a general election for May 30, 2017. Party standings Results by party Retiring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nova Scotia Liberal Party
The Nova Scotia Liberal Party is a centrist provincial political party in Nova Scotia, Canada and the provincial section of the Liberal Party of Canada. The party currently forms the Official Opposition in Nova Scotia, under the leadership of Zach Churchill. The party was in power most recently from the 2013 election until the 2021 election. Origins The party is descended from the pre-Confederation Reformers in Nova Scotia who coalesced around Joseph Howe demanding the institution of responsible government. The Liberals (Reformers) formed several governments in the colony between 1848 and 1867. The party split during the debate on Confederation, with Howe and most other Liberals forming an Anti-Confederation Party, while supporters of confederation joined Tory Charles Tupper's Confederation Party. Howe, himself, initially opposed Confederation, but accepted it as a reality after initial attempts to scuttle it failed. In 1868, Howe joined the pro-Confederation forces, serving fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cape Breton Centre
Cape Breton Centre-Whitney Pier, formerly Cape Breton Centre is a provincial electoral district (Canada), electoral district in Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. Its Member of the Legislative Assembly is Kendra Coombes. The district consists of the area around New Waterford, Nova Scotia, New Waterford, including Dominion, Nova Scotia, Dominion, Grand Lake Road, Nova Scotia, Grand Lake Road, Reserve Mines, Nova Scotia, Reserve Mines, Gardiner Mines, Nova Scotia, Gardiner Mines, Lingan Road, Nova Scotia, Lingan Road, Lingan, Nova Scotia, Lingan, River Ryan, Nova Scotia, River Ryan, Scotchtown, Nova Scotia, Scotchtown, New Victoria, Nova Scotia, New Victoria, Victoria Mines, Nova Scotia, Victoria Mines, South Bar, Nova Scotia, South Bar. It was created in 1925 when the counties of Cape Breton and Richmond were divided into three electoral districts. In 2003, it expanded west to include New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marian Mancini
Marian Borden Mancini is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in a by-election on July 14, 2015. She represented the district of Dartmouth South as a member of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party. Prior to her election to the legislature, she worked as a legal aid lawyer. She is married to Peter Mancini, a former federal Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of .... On November 10, 2016, Mancini announced that she would not re-offer in the next election. On April 23, 2017, Mancini resigned from the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. Election record References Living people Nova Scotia New Democratic Party MLAs Women MLAs in Nova Scotia 21st-century Canadian politicians 21st-century Canadian wom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allan Rowe
Allan Rowe (October 16, 1956 – March 16, 2015) was a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in the 2013 provincial election. A member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party, he represented the electoral district of Dartmouth South. Personal life Rowe was born in Hamilton, Ontario. He attended McMaster University and, later Memorial University. Rowe lived most of his adult life on the East Coast, following his professional career. He was admitted to hospital in late February 2015, after suffering an aneurysm while shovelling. He died on March 16, 2015 at the age of 58, leaving his seat in the legislature vacant. Career Prior to his election to the legislature, Rowe was a longtime television news anchor on CJON-DT, CJCH-TV, ASN and CIHF-TV. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dartmouth South
Dartmouth South is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. The riding is currently represented by Claudia Chender of the NDP. The district was created in 1966, under the name Dartmouth City South, when Halifax County Dartmouth was divided into two electoral districts. In 1967, the district was renamed Dartmouth South. In 2003, the district was renamed Dartmouth South – Portland Valley. In 2013 following the Nova Scotia Electoral Boundaries Commission review, the district returned to its earlier name of Dartmouth South and lost the area south of Russell Lake and east of Highway 111 to Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage. Geography The electoral district of Dartmouth South is about in landmass. Members of the Legislative Assembly This riding has elected the following Members of the Legislative Assembly: Election results 1967 general election 1970 general election 1974 general election ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chuck Porter (politician)
Garnet Charles "Chuck" Porter (born December 29, 1964) is a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Hants West in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly as a Liberal from 2006 until his retirement from politics in 2021. Before politics Porter was a paramedic for 17 years and also served as a Councillor in the town of Windsor, Nova Scotia. Political career Elected in 2006, Porter was a member of the Progressive Conservatives until June 13, 2014, when he left the party to sit as an independent citing leadership as a factor in his decision. On February 17, 2016, Porter joined the Liberal caucus. Porter was re-elected in the 2017 election. On July 5, 2018, Porter was appointed to the Executive Council of Nova Scotia as Minister of Municipal Affairs. Electoral record , - , Progressive Conservative , Chuck Porter , align="right", 4,468 , align="right", 50.75 , align="right", , - , Liberal , Claude Sherman O'Hara , align="right", 3,279 , align="right", 37.24 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hants West
Hants West is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. The district has existed since 1949. Prior to that it, along with Hants East, were a part of the district of Hants County. Geography Hants West has of landmass. Members of the Legislative Assembly This riding has elected the following Members of the Legislative Assembly: Election results 1949 general election 1953 general election 1956 general election 1960 general election 1963 general election 1967 general election 1970 general election 1974 general election 1978 general election 1981 general election 1984 general election 1988 general election 1993 general election 1998 general election 1999 general election 2003 general election 2006 general election 2009 general election 2013 gen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CBC News
CBC News is a division of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation responsible for the news gathering and production of news programs on the corporation's English-language operations, namely CBC Television, CBC Radio, CBC News Network, and CBC.ca. Founded in 1941, CBC News is the largest news broadcaster in Canada and has local, regional, and national broadcasts and stations. It frequently collaborates with its organizationally separate French-language counterpart, Radio-Canada Info. History The first CBC newscast was a bilingual radio report on November 2, 1936. The CBC News Service was inaugurated during World War II on January 1, 1941, when Dan McArthur, chief news editor, had Wells Ritchie prepare for the announcer Charles Jennings a national report at 8:00 pm. Readers who followed Jennings were Lorne Greene, Frank Herbert and Earl Cameron. ''CBC News Roundup'' (French counterpart: ''La revue de l'actualité'') started on August 16, 1943, at 7:45 pm, being replaced by ''T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlantica Party
The Atlantica Party is a political party in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. The party supports policies that are based on Classical liberalism, classical liberal principles such as ''laissez-faire'' "free market" economics, freedom of business, and freedom of the individual. The party also seeks to increase citizen participation in all levels of government with additional oversight of current government structure. History The Atlantica Party was registered as a political party by Elections Nova Scotia on June 28, 2016. Its first contested election was the 2017 Nova Scotia general election, 2017 provincial election. The party ran 15 candidates then and received a total of 1,632 votes, 0.4% of the provincial total. On January 8, 2018, inaugural party leader Jonathan Dean announced his resignation from the party. Ryan Smyth was named as interim leader of the party on January 16, 2018; however, he took over as interim leader on January 7, 2018, the effective date of Dean's resi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maureen MacDonald
Maureen MacDonald (born 1954) is a Canadian academic and politician. She represented the riding of Halifax Needham in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1998 to 2016. She served as the interim leader of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party from November 23, 2013 to February 27, 2016. Early life and career A native of Antigonish, MacDonald graduated in 1979 with a MSW from the Maritime School of Social Work at Dalhousie University. She was employed as a social worker at the Nova Scotia Hospital (Adolescent Services) and later was a faculty member at her alma mater where she taught social policy and community development. MacDonald also worked at Dalhousie Legal Aid, the North End Clinic and the North End Parent Resource Centre. Political career MacDonald was first elected as MLA for Halifax Needham in the 1998 provincial election, after having previously run in the same riding in 1984 and 1988. She was subsequently re-elected in the 1999, 2003, 2006, 2009 and 2013 provincia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darrell Dexter
Darrell Elvin Dexter (born 1957) is a Canadian lawyer, journalist and former naval officer who served as the 27th premier of Nova Scotia from 2009 to 2013. A member of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party, he served as party leader from 2001 to 2013. He became Premier in 2009 after his party defeated the governing Progressive Conservative Party, leading the first NDP government in Atlantic Canada and the second east of Manitoba. His government was defeated in the 2013 election, becoming the first Nova Scotia government in 131 years to be denied a second mandate; Dexter himself was defeated in his constituency by 21 votes. Dexter now serves as a lobbyist for the cannabis industry. Early life Darrell Dexter was born on September 10, 1957, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, to Elvin, a steel metal worker, and Florence Dexter (née Pace), [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
