Jerry Pye is a

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politician and member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly, representing the riding of Dartmouth North for the

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. He was first elected in the 1998 election, and was re-elected in

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and

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. Pye chose not to run for re-election in the 2006 election, leaving politics. His successor,

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, won the election. Pye reentered politics in September 2012, running for District 6 Councillor in the Halifax Regional Municipality municipal election. His son, Brad Pye, was the NDP candidate in

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in the

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