Bruce Holland (born 1959) is a Canadian politician. He represented the
electoral district
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of
Timberlea-Prospect in the
Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1993 to 1998. He was a member of the
Nova Scotia Liberal Party. In 2017, Holland ran as a candidate for the
PC Party of Nova Scotia in
Halifax Atlantic. Holland is currently the executive director of the Spryfield Business Commission and the publisher and founder of the Parkview News, a locally distributed paper.
Early life
Holland graduated from
Sir John A. Macdonald High School
Bay View High School is a Canadian high school serving the western suburbs of Nova Scotia's Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM); namely the communities of Beechville, Lakeside, Timberlea, Tantallon and communities on the western portion of Hi ...
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Political career
Holland was a county councilor for
Halifax County, Nova Scotia from 1991 to 1993.
He entered provincial politics in the
1993 election, winning a seat in the provincial legislature. In 1997, he entered the race for the
leadership of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party,
but finished last on the first ballot. At the convention, after receiving 264 votes on the first ballot, Holland played a king-maker role by throwing his support to
Russell MacLellan who was 121 votes short of winning. On July 18, 1997, MacLellan appointed Holland to the
Executive Council of Nova Scotia as Minister responsible for the Science and Technology Secretariat. Holland was defeated by New Democrat
Bill Estabrooks when he ran for re-election in the
1998 election. Holland attempted to regain the seat in the 2003 election, but finished second, losing to Estabrooks by over 3200 votes.
In June 2016, Holland announced he was running for a seat on
Halifax Regional Council in the
2016 municipal election. On October 15, 2016, he placed third out of six candidates in his district.
In April 2017, Holland was nominated as the
Progressive Conservative candidate in
Halifax Atlantic for the
2017 Nova Scotia general election
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In March 2019, Holland was nominated as the
Conservative candidate in
Halifax for the
2019 federal election.
He finished a distant fourth.
Electoral record
2019 general election
District 12 - Halifax Municipal Election 2016: Timberlea - Beechville - Clayton Park West-
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2017 general election
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References
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Living people
Nova Scotia Liberal Party MLAs
Members of the Executive Council of Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia municipal councillors
Place of birth missing (living people)
1959 births