John Holm | |
|---|---|
| MLA for Sackville-Cobequid Sackville (1984-1993) | |
| In office 1984–2003 | |
| Preceded by | Malcolm A. MacKay |
| Succeeded by | Dave Wilson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 19,1947 Halifax,Nova Scotia,Canada |
| Political party | New Democratic Party |
John Edgar Holm (born April 19,1947) is a Canadian politician from Lower Sackville,Nova Scotia in the Halifax Regional Municipality. [1] He represented the electoral districts of Sackville,and Sackville-Cobequid in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1984 to 2003 as a member of the New Democratic Party. [2]
Holm entered provincial politics in the 1984 election,defeating Liberal Bill MacDonald and Progressive Conservative incumbent Malcolm A. MacKay in the Sackville riding. [3] [4] He was re-elected in the 1988 election. [5] [6] In the 1993 election,Holm ran in the new riding of Sackville-Cobequid,and was re-elected by almost 1,900 votes. [7] [8] Holm took over as interim leader of the NDP when Alexa McDonough resigned as leader in November 1994, [9] and held the position until the election of Robert Chisholm as leader in March 1996. [10] Holm was re-elected in the 1998 [11] [12] and 1999 elections. [13] On January 15,2003,Holm announced that he was not re-offering in the next election. [14]