John Edgar Holm (born April 19, 1947) is a

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politician from

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in the

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. He represented the electoral districts of Sackville, and

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in the

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from 1984 to 2003 as a member of the

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. Holm entered provincial politics in the 1984 election, defeating Liberal

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and Progressive Conservative incumbent

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in the Sackville riding. He was re-elected in the 1988 election. In the 1993 election, Holm ran in the new riding of Sackville-Cobequid, and was re-elected by almost 1,900 votes. Holm took over as interim leader of the NDP when

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resigned as leader in November 1994, and held the position until the election of Robert Chisholm as leader in March 1996. Holm was re-elected in the

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and

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. On January 15, 2003, Holm announced that he was not re-offering in the next election.

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