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Claudia Chender (born July 29, 1976) [2] is a Canadian politician and lawyer who has been serving as the leader of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party since June 25, 2022. She was first elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in the 2017 general election, representing the electoral district of Dartmouth South. [3]
65th General Assembly of Nova Scotia; Majority parliament: 10 December 2024 – present: Parliament leaders; Premier: Tim Houston since August 31, 2021: Leader of the Opposition: Claudia Chender since December 10, 2024: Party caucuses; Government: Progressive Conservative Party: Opposition: New Democratic Party: Recognized: Liberal Party: House ...
Claudia Chender, the leader of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party, is the current leader of the opposition. [1] Since 1928, when its upper house, the Legislative Council of Nova Scotia was abolished, the province has had a unicameral parliamentary government. From Confederation, however, Nova Scotia has exclusively followed the modern ...
The 2022 Nova Scotia New Democratic Party leadership election took place on June 25, 2022 [1] to elect a leader to replace Gary Burrill, who announced his intention to resign on November 9, 2021 [4] after leading the party since 2016 and following the party's defeat in the 2021 Nova Scotia general election.
The Nova Scotia New Democratic Party, led by Claudia Chender, formed the official opposition for the first time since 2006, though they narrowly came in third in votes. The Nova Scotia Liberal Party , led by Zach Churchill , recorded its worst result in party history.
Nova Scotia New Democratic Party: 1961 Social democracy: Claudia Chender: 2 Other registered parties. Name Founded Ideology Leader MLAs Green Party of Nova Scotia:
In the 2017 Nova Scotia general election, the NDP elected 7 MLAs. NDP leader Gary Burrill returned to the legislature, this time representing Halifax Chebucto. Three new NDP MLAs were elected: Susan Leblanc - Dartmouth North 2017-2021-present; Claudia Chender - NDP leader (2022-present) - Dartmouth South 2017-2021-present
Nova Scotia has a unicameral Westminster-style parliamentary government, in which the premier is the leader of the party that controls the most seats in the House of Assembly. The premier is Nova Scotia's head of government, and the king in right of Nova Scotia is its head of state and is represented by the lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia.