Kevin S. Murphy | |
---|---|
Speaker of the House of Assembly of Nova Scotia | |
In office October 24, 2013 –July 17, 2021 | |
Premier | Stephen McNeil |
Lieutenant Governor | John J. Grant Arthur J. LeBlanc |
Preceded by | Gordie Gosse |
Succeeded by | Keith Bain |
Member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly for Eastern Shore | |
In office October 8,2013 –July 17,2021 | |
Preceded by | Sid Prest |
Succeeded by | Kent Smith |
Personal details | |
Born | 1970 Dartmouth,Nova Scotia |
Political party | Liberal |
Occupation | Publisher |
Kevin Scott Murphy (born 1970 in Dartmouth,Nova Scotia [1] ) 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,he represented the electoral district of Eastern Shore from 2013 to 2021. [2] On October 24,2013,Murphy was elected Speaker of the House of Assembly of Nova Scotia. [3]
Murphy owns Shop the Shore,a community and business publication. He was paralyzed during a hockey game when he was 14 years old and became a paraplegic as a result. [3]
2021 Nova Scotia general election : Eastern Shore | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Kent Smith | 4,264 | 45.82 | +14.71 | ||||
Liberal | Kevin Murphy | 3,169 | 34.06 | -5.69 | ||||
New Democratic | Deirdre Dwyer | 1,618 | 17.39 | -7.27 | ||||
Green | Cheryl Atkinson | 254 | 2.73 | -0.04 | ||||
Total valid votes | 9,305 | 99.44 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 52 | 0.56 | ||||||
Turnout | 9,357 | 56.92 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 16,438 | |||||||
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +10.20 | ||||||
Source: Elections Nova Scotia [4] |
2017 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Kevin Murphy | 2,527 | 37.71 | -15.28 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Patricia Auchnie | 2,024 | 30.20 | +10.20 | ||||
New Democratic | Devin Ashley | 1,780 | 26.56 | -0.45 | ||||
Green | Andy Berry | 221 | 3.30 | |||||
Independent | Randy Carter | 149 | 2.22 | |||||
Total valid votes | 6,701 | 100.00 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 22 | 0.33 | -0.59 | |||||
Turnout | 6,723 | 54.20 | -5.71 | |||||
Eligible voters | 12,405 | |||||||
Liberal hold | Swing | -12.74 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Kevin Murphy | 3,770 | 52.99 | ||
New Democratic Party | Sid Prest | 1,922 | 27.01 | ||
Progressive Conservative | Steve Brine | 1,423 | 20.00 |
Antigonish is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It has existed since 1867 and is one of only four Nova Scotian districts that has existed continuously since Canadian Confederation.
Gordon Leonard Gosse Jr. was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral districts of Cape Breton Nova and Sydney-Whitney Pier in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 2003 to 2015. He was a member of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party.
Cape Breton Centre-Whitney Pier, formerly Cape Breton Centre is a provincial electoral district in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.
Cole Harbour is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.
Eastern Shore is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.
Keith Wayne Colwell is a Canadian politician, who served as a member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly, representing the riding of Preston-Dartmouth for the Nova Scotia Liberal Party, from 1993 to 1999 and from 2003 to 2021.
Cecil Phillip Clarke is a politician in Nova Scotia, Canada. He was the mayor of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality from 2012 to 2020, and represented the riding of Cape Breton North in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly, from 2001 to 2011 as a Progressive Conservative.
Christopher André d'Entremont is a Canadian politician who has represented West Nova in the House of Commons since 2019, as a member of the Conservative Party. Before entering federal politics, he represented the Argyle-Barrington in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 2003 to 2019 as a member of the Nova Scotia Progressive Conservatives. D'Entremont was elected the deputy speaker and chair of Committees of the Whole in 2021 on a secret ballot. He is the first person of Acadian descent to serve as deputy speaker and the first Nova Scotian deputy speaker of the House of Commons of Canada since 1916.
Keith Leslie Bain is a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Victoria-The Lakes in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 2006 to 2013 as a member of the Progressive Conservatives.
Kenneth Streatch is a farmer and former political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Bedford-Musquodoboit Valley and then Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1978 to 1993 as a Progressive Conservative member.
Gary Clayton Burrill is a Canadian politician and was the leader of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party from 2016 until 2022. He served as leader during two Nova Scotia general elections in 2017 and 2021. He announced he'd be stepping down as leader after the 2021 election and was succeeded by Claudia Chender on June 25, 2022.
Ralph Edward Orrell is a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Northside-Westmount in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from June 2011 to July 2019 as a Progressive Conservative.
Thomas Johnson McInnis is a retired Canadian senator. He also represented the electoral district of Halifax Eastern Shore in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1978 to 1993, as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia.
Guysborough-Tracadie is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.
William Lawrence "Larry" Harrison is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in the 2013 provincial election. A member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia, he represents the electoral district of Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley.
Brendan Oliver Maguire 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, he represents the electoral district of Halifax Atlantic.
Tony Ince is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in the 2013 provincial election, representing the electoral district of Cole Harbour for the Nova Scotia Liberal Party where he defeated the incumbent, Premier Darrell Dexter.
Benjamin Thomas Jessome 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, he represents the electoral district of Hammonds Plains-Lucasville.
The 2021 Nova Scotia general election was held on August 17, 2021, to elect members to the 64th General Assembly of Nova Scotia.
Angela Eve Simmonds is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in the 2021 Nova Scotia general election. She represented the riding of Preston as a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party until April 1, 2023. Prior to Simmonds election, she was a lawyer, social justice advocate, and executive director of the Land Titles Initiative.