Robert Batherson | |
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| President of the Conservative Party of Canada | |
| In office March 19, 2021 –September 8, 2023 | |
| Leader | Erin O'Toole Candice Bergen Pierre Poilievre |
| Preceded by | Scott Lamb |
| Succeeded by | Stephen Barber |
| President of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia | |
| In office November 2009 –February 2012 | |
| Leader | Karen Casey Jamie Baillie |
| Preceded by | Scott Armstrong |
| Succeeded by | Janet Fryday Dorey |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 3,1975 Sydney,Nova Scotia,Canada |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Other political affiliations | Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia |
| Children | 1 |
| Residence | Halifax,Nova Scotia |
| Alma mater | Mount Saint Vincent University |
| Profession | Public Affairs Executive |
Robert Batherson (born November 3,1975) is a Canadian politician and public affairs executive [1] past president of the Conservative Party of Canada. [2] Before becoming national president,Batherson was a two-term National Councillor from Nova Scotia.
Batherson was born in Sydney,Nova Scotia. He moved to Riverview,New Brunswick and then later to Lower Sackville,Nova Scotia. He was educated at Sackville High School. Batherson earned his bachelor's degree in Public Relations at Mount Saint Vincent University in 1997. He has worked as a marketing executive in various sectors as well as a staffer on Parliament Hill prior to his current role. [3] [4] Batherson is married and has one son. He is proficient in French and he is the first Conservative Party of Canada President from Atlantic Canada.
Batherson began working in communications and research for the Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Caucus Office and later worked as a political staffer for Peter MacKay. [5] In the 1998 Nova Scotia general election,Batherson ran as a Progressive Conservative party candidate in the riding of Sackville-Cobequid. [6] [7] Following the 1999 Nova Scotia general election he worked as Premier John Hamm's Press Secretary and later as his Communications Director. [8]
Batherson served in the role of President of the Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia between 2009 and 2012. [9]
Batherson then ran again in 2017 Nova Scotia general election in the riding of Halifax Citadel-Sable Island. [10]
In 2016,Batherson was first elected to the Conservative Party of Canada's National Council as a councillor from Nova Scotia. In March 2021,he was elected as the president of the Conservative Party of Canada,taking over from Scott Lamb. [11]
Batherson announced that he will run as the Conservative Party candidate for Halifax West in the 45th Canadian Federal Election. [12]
Batherson works as a communications and public affairs advisor. [13] [14] He has served as the chair of the Halifax Chamber of Commerce [15] and the Neptune Theatre Foundation. [16] Batherson has also served as a member of the Halifax Stanfield International Airport's board of directors. [17]
| 2017 Nova Scotia general election : Halifax Citadel-Sable Island | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Labi Kousoulis | 2,419 | 41.28 | -6.38 | ||||
| New Democratic | Glenn Walton | 1,618 | 27.61 | -3.47 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Rob Batherson | 1,480 | 25.26 | +7.68 | ||||
| Green | Martin Willison | 343 | 5.85 | +2.67 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 5,860 | 100 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 29 | 0.49 | ||||||
| Turnout | 5,889 | 39.3 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 14,910 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -1.46 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia [18] [19] | ||||||||
| 1998 Nova Scotia general election : Sackville-Cobequid | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | John Holm | 5,909 | 62.71% | 14.74% | ||||
| Liberal | Jack Brill | 2,131 | 22.61% | -7.43% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Rob Batherson | 1,383 | 14.68% | -7.32% | ||||
| Total valid votes | 9,423 | 99.71 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 27 | 0.29 | -0.19 | |||||
| Turnout | 9,450 | 67.26 | -6.62 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 14,050 | |||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | +11.08 | ||||||
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Sackville-Cobequid" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||