John Edgar Holm (born April 19, 1947) is a
Canadian
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politician from
Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia
Lower Sackville is a community within the urban area of Halifax Regional Municipality, in Nova Scotia, Canada.
History
Before the European colonization in 1749, the Mi'kmaq lived in this area for thousands of years.
In August 1749, Captain ...
in the
Halifax Regional Municipality
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. He represented the electoral districts of
Sackville, and
Sackville-Cobequid
Sackville—Cobequid is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.
The riding was created in 1978 when the former district of Halifax Cobequid was redistributed. In 1993 ...
in the
Nova Scotia House of Assembly
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from 1984 to 2003 as a member of the
New Democratic Party
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Holm entered provincial politics in the
1984 election, defeating Liberal
Bill MacDonald
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and Progressive Conservative incumbent
Malcolm A. MacKay
Malcolm A. MacKay (born January 29, 1944) is a Canadian politician. He represented the Electoral district (Canada), electoral district of Sackville (electoral district), Sackville in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1978 to 1984. He was a m ...
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
Alexa McDonough
Alexa Ann McDonough ( Shaw; August 11, 1944 – January 15, 2022) was a Canadian politician who became the first woman to lead a major, recognized political party in Nova Scotia, when she was elected the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party's (NSN ...
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
1998
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and
1999 elections
The following elections occurred in the year 1999.
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Africa
* 1999 Algerian presidential election
* 1999 Botswana general election
* 1999 Beninese parliamentary election
* 1999 Central African Republic presidential elect ...
. On January 15, 2003, Holm announced that he was not re-offering in the
next election.
References
1947 births
Living people
Nova Scotia New Democratic Party MLAs
Leaders of the Nova Scotia CCF/NDP
People from Sackville, Nova Scotia
20th-century Canadian politicians
21st-century Canadian politicians
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