Danielle S. Barkhouse | |
|---|---|
| Speaker of the House of Assembly of Nova Scotia | |
| Assumed office September 5, 2024 | |
| Premier | Tim Houston |
| Lieutenant Governor | Arthur J. LeBlanc |
| Preceded by | Karla MacFarlane |
| Member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly for Chester-St. Margaret's | |
| Assumed office August 17,2021 | |
| Preceded by | Hugh MacKay |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1976 (age 48–49) [1] New Brunswick,Canada |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
| Occupation | Politician |
Danielle S. Barkhouse (born 1976) is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in 2021. [2] She represents the riding of Chester-St. Margaret's as a member of the Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia. Currently,Barkhouse is the Speaker of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. She is a member of the Assembly Matters and Veterans Affairs Committees. She is also a member of the House of Assembly Management Commission. [3]
Prior to her election to the legislature,Barkhouse was a municipal councillor in Chester. [4]
| 2024 Nova Scotia general election : Chester-St. Margaret's | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Danielle Barkhouse | 4,776 | 58.1% | |||||
| Liberal | Laura Mulrooney | 2,160 | 26.3% | |||||
| New Democratic | Brendan Mosher | 1,290 | 15.7% | |||||
| Total valid votes | ||||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | 8,226 | |||||||
| Eligible voters | ||||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | |||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia [5] | ||||||||
| 2021 Nova Scotia general election : Chester-St. Margaret's | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Danielle Barkhouse | 3,788 | 40.06 | +14.40 | $76,695.05 | |||
| Liberal | Jacob Killawee | 3,556 | 37.61 | +2.38 | $67,872.46 | |||
| New Democratic | Amy Reitsma | 1,626 | 17.20 | -17.23 | $50,011.78 | |||
| Green | Jessica Alexander | 417 | 4.41 | -0.27 | $10,917.97 | |||
| Atlantica | Steven Foster | 68 | 0.72 | $200.00 | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 9,455 | 99.62 | -0.17 | $88,319.62 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 36 | 0.38 | +0.17 | |||||
| Turnout | 9,491 | 62.48 | +4.88 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 15,191 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +6.01 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia [6] [7] | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percent | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Affiliation | Danielle Barkhouse | 623 | 81.65% | ✓ |
| No Affiliation | Kerry Keddy | 140 | 18.35% |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percent | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Affiliation | Danielle Barkhouse | 326 | 63.18% | ✓ |
| No Affiliation | Brenda Mulrooney | 190 | 36.82% |