Don Downe | |
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MLA for Lunenburg West | |
In office May 25, 1993 –February 18, 2003 | |
Preceded by | Marie Dechman |
Succeeded by | Carolyn Bolivar-Getson |
Minister of Finance | |
In office April 8,1998 –August 16,1999 | |
Preceded by | Bill Gillis |
Succeeded by | Neil LeBlanc |
Personal details | |
Born | 1951 Charlottetown,Prince Edward Island |
Political party | Liberal |
Residence | Wileville,Nova Scotia |
Donald Richard Downe (born 1951) is a farmer and political figure in Nova Scotia,Canada. He represented Lunenburg West in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1993 to 2003 as a Liberal member. [1]
Downe was born in Charlottetown,Prince Edward Island. He was a poultry farm owner and was president of the Nova Scotia Federation of Agriculture.
In 1992,he ran for the leadership of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party, [2] losing on the second ballot to John Savage. [3] [4]
In the 1993 election,Downe defeated Progressive Conservative cabinet minister Marie Dechman by almost 3,400 votes in Lunenburg West. [5] [6] On June 11,1993,Downe was appointed to the Executive Council of Nova Scotia as Minister of Natural Resources. [7] In March 1996,Downe was moved to Minister of Business and Consumer Services, [8] [9] but was shuffled again in June 1996,when he was named Minister of Transportation and Public Works. [10] When Russell MacLellan was sworn-in as premier in July 1997,Downe remained as Minister of Transportation and Public Works. [11] [12]
Downe was re-elected in the 1998 election. [13] [14] On April 8,1998,he was named Minister of Finance,Minister of Environment,Minister responsible for Aboriginal Affairs,and Deputy Premier. [15] [16] In December 1998,the Environment portfolio was transferred to Michel Samson. [17] The Liberals lost government in the 1999 election,but Downe was re-elected by almost 1,000 votes in his riding. [18] Considered a possible leadership candidate following MacLellan's resignation as leader,Downe declined to enter the race. [4] On November 21,2002,Downe announced that he would be not be running in the next provincial election, [19] [20] and officially resigned as MLA on February 18,2003. [21] [22]
In 2008,Downe returned to politics and was elected the first mayor of the Municipality of the District of Lunenburg. [23] [24] He was re-elected in 2012. [25] Downe did not for re-election in the 2016 municipal election. [26]
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