Pat Dunn | |
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Member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly for Pictou Centre | |
Assumed office October 8, 2013 | |
Preceded by | Ross Landry |
In office June 29,2006 –June 19,2009 | |
Preceded by | John Hamm |
Succeeded by | Ross Landry |
Personal details | |
Born | February 10,1950 |
Political party | Progressive Conservative |
Residence(s) | New Glasgow,Nova Scotia,Canada |
Occupation | School Principal |
Pat Dunn (born February 10,1950) is a Canadian politician. He has represented the electoral district of Pictou Centre in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 2006 to 2009,and from 2013 to present,as a member of the Progressive Conservatives. [1] He served as Minister of Health Promotion and Protection in the Executive Council of Nova Scotia. [2]
He was defeated by Ross Landry of the New Democrats in the 2009 election, [3] but was reelected in the 2013 election. [4]
On August 31,2021,Dunn was named Minister of Communities,Cultures,Tourism,and Heritage,as well as Minister of the Voluntary Sector and African Nova Scotian Affairs. [5] Dunn represents one of the largest communities of African Nova Scotians outside Halifax. [6]
Dunn was born in Trenton in 1950. He is a graduate of Saint Francis Xavier University with degrees in Arts and Education. Before working as a teacher and an educator,he worked at a Michelin factory in Granton,Nova Scotia and for a number of local businesses. He is currently married to his wife Patsy and they have six children. [7]
2017 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Pat Dunn | 3,773 | 52.43 | +0.17 | ||||
Liberal | Jeff Davis | 2,027 | 28.17 | +10.34 | ||||
New Democratic | Henderson Paris | 1,396 | 19.40 | -10.51 | ||||
Total valid votes | 7,196 | 100.00 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 28 | 0.39 | -0.41 | |||||
Turnout | 7,224 | 55.86 | -5.48 | |||||
Eligible voters | 12,932 | |||||||
Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -5.08 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Progressive Conservative | Pat Dunn | 4147 | 52.26 | ||
New Democratic Party | Ross Landry | 2373 | 29.91 | ||
Liberal | Bill Muirhead | 1415 | 17.83 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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New Democratic Party | Ross Landry | 3650 | 46.30 | ||
Progressive Conservative | Pat Dunn | 3519 | 44.64 | ||
Liberal | Neil MacIsaac | 567 | 7.19 | ||
Green | Jim Lindsey | 147 | 1.86 | – |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Progressive Conservative | Pat Dunn | 3901 | 52.60 | ||
New Democratic Party | Danny MacGillivray | 2344 | 31.61 | ||
Liberal | Troy MacCulloch | 1057 | 14.25 | ||
Green | Samuel M. Clark | 93 | 1.25 | – | |
Independent | Dennis Tate | 20 | 0.27 |
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