Bruce Holland (born 1959) is a Canadian politician. He represented the

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in the

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from 1993 to 1998. He was a member of the

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. In 2017, Holland ran as a candidate for the PC Party of Nova Scotia in

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. 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.

Political career

Holland was a county councilor for

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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

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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

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who was 121 votes short of winning. On July 18, 1997, MacLellan appointed Holland to the

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as Minister responsible for the Science and Technology Secretariat. Holland was defeated by New Democrat

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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

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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

for the 2017 Nova Scotia general election. In March 2019, Holland was nominated as the

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candidate in Halifax for the 2019 federal election. He finished a distant fourth.

Electoral Record

2019 general election

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2017 general election

1993 general election

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Holland, Bruce 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