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The Nova Scotia Liberal Party (officially the Liberal Association of Nova Scotia [2]) is a centrist [citation needed] provincial political party in Nova Scotia, Canada and the provincial section of the Liberal Party of Canada. The party currently holds two seats in the Legislature, under the interim leadership of Derek Mombourquette.
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. 1930 leadership convention
Margaret Miller is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in the 2013 provincial election. A member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party, she represented the electoral district of Hants East until 2021. [1] On January 12, 2016, Miller was appointed to the Executive Council of Nova Scotia as Minister of ...
Nova Scotia has had 27 individuals serve as premier since Confederation, of which 12 were Conservatives, 14 were Liberals, and one New Democrat. Two premiers of Nova Scotia later became prime minister of Canada, John Sparrow David Thompson and Charles Tupper.
The Nova Scotia Liberal Party, led by Zach Churchill, recorded its worst result in party history. This election had the lowest turnout in Nova Scotia history, with only 45% of those eligible participating. This was the first Nova Scotia general election where less than half of eligible voters cast their vote. [2]
The Liberals swept Nova Scotia in their 1993 landslide, but lost all eleven seats in 1997—six to the New Democratic Party (NDP) and five to the PCs. Under former leader Alexa McDonough, the NDP made major gains there in 1997, picking up seats in the Halifax and Cape Breton areas. The Liberals, wiped out in 1997, made a resurged in 2000.