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The 2021 Nova Scotia Liberal Party leadership election took place on February 6 [2] [3] to elect a leader to replace Premier Stephen McNeil, who on August 6, 2020, announced his pending resignation [4] after leading the party since 2007 and returning the party to government in 2013 after being out of power for fourteen years.
The 2022 Nova Scotia Liberal Party leadership election took place on July 9, 2022 [1] to elect a leader to replace Iain Rankin, who announced his intent to resign on January 5, 2022 [4] after leading the party since 2021 and following the party's defeat in the 2021 Nova Scotia general election.
This page lists the results of leadership elections held by the Nova Scotia Liberal Party. Before 1930 leaders were chosen by the caucus. Before 1930 leaders were chosen by the caucus. 1930 leadership convention
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.
Jaime Battiste, a member of parliament from the Atlantic province of Nova Scotia, is the first to have dropped out of the race. Here are the names that have entered the leadership race. Former ...
The Liberals faltered in the province at the beginning of the 21st century, and for a time were the third-largest party in the House of Assembly, behind the Tories and the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party. After the Nova Scotia Liberal Party's dismal performance in the 2006 election (and failing to win his own seat), leader Francis MacKenzie ...
Iain Thomas Rankin MLA (born April 9, 1983) is a Canadian politician who served as the 29th premier of Nova Scotia from February 23, 2021, to August 31, 2021. He serves in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly for the Nova Scotia Liberal Party, representing the electoral district of Timberlea-Prospect. [3]
In February 2022, Churchill announced he was running for the leadership of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party. [ 19 ] [ 20 ] On July 9, 2022, he won the leadership election . [ 21 ] [ 22 ] In the 2024 Nova Scotia general election , Churchill led the Liberals to a third place finish with two seats, behind the PCs and NDP, one of the worst results in ...