Lloyd P. Hines is a

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politician, who was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in the 2013 provincial election. A member of the

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, he represented the electoral district of

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until 2021."Tories take Pictou County ridings back from NDP"
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'', October 8, 2013. Prior to his election to the legislature, Hines was a warden of

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. On July 24, 2015, Hines was appointed to the Executive Council of Nova Scotia as Minister of Natural Resources. In April 2017, Nova Scotia's Office of the Ombudsman published a report that criticized senior officials of the Municipality of the District of Guysborough, including former warden Hines, for their "indulgent" spending and "opportunistic" practices. The report noted that Hines had used his corporate credit card for thousands of dollars in personal purchases and cash advances. Although Hines repaid all the charges, the Ombudsman found that he had benefited by essentially using cash advances from the municipality as short-term loans to cover expenses. The report also noted that there was insufficient documentation of the purpose of expensed meals, which were often above standard per diem rates and included alcohol, even when the only attendees were council members or administrators such as Hines. Hines defended the higher rates and the expensing of alcohol, telling the Ombudsman that the costs and alcohol were often standard when municipality officials hosted guests with more expensive tastes that they wanted to persuade to invest in the community. Hines was re-elected in the 2017 election, although his margin of victory of 71 votes was thin enough that the Progressive Conservatives sought a judicial recount, which confirmed the result. On June 15, 2017, premier Stephen McNeil shuffled his cabinet, moving Hines to Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal. In October 2017, Hines indicated his support for the renewal of

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to continue operating "The Cat" ferry between

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and Portland, Maine, citing the ridership increases in the past year despite engine problems. Hines came under fire in February 2019 after a media scrum where he failed to disclose any information about the Yarmouth-Maine Ferry contract which he is responsible for.

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