Dennis Richards | |
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MLA for Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage | |
In office 1993–1998 | |
Preceded by | new riding |
Succeeded by | Kevin Deveaux |
Personal details | |
Political party | Liberal |
Dennis Richards is a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1993 to 1998. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party. [1]
Richards was elected a municipal councillor for Halifax County,Nova Scotia in 1988. [2] He entered provincial politics in the 1993 election,winning the Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage riding. [3] A backbench member of the John Savage government,Richards served as chair of the government caucus. [4] Richards did not reoffer in the 1998 election. [5]
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