Gordon Wilson (Nova Scotia politician)

The Honourable
Gordon Wilson
Member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
for Clare-Digby
In office
October 8, 2013 – July 17, 2021
Preceded byRiding Established
Succeeded byriding redistributed
Personal details
Born
Gordon Lloyd Wilson

1955[1][2]
Political partyLiberal

Gordon Lloyd Wilson[3] (born 1955)[1][2] 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 Clare-Digby until his retirement from politics in 2021.[4]

On April 24, 2019, Wilson was appointed to the Executive Council of Nova Scotia as Minister of Environment.[5]

Electoral record

2017 Nova Scotia general election: Clare-Digby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Gordon Wilson 4,044 50.49 -4.19
Progressive Conservative Normand Cormier 2,283 28.50 -2.58
New Democratic Harold Neil 1,682 21.00 +12.01
2013 Nova Scotia general election, Clare-Digby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Liberal Gordon Wilson 5,122 54.68 N/A
  Progressive Conservative Paul Emile LeBlanc 2,911 31.08 N/A
  New Democratic Party Dean Kenley 842 8.99 N/A
  Independent Ian Thurber 492 5.25 N/A

References

  1. ^ a b Meet the candidates for the Clare-Digby riding in the May 30 provincial election Tri-County Vanguard
  2. ^ a b N.S. Environment Minister Gordon Wilson not reoffering in next election CBC News
  3. ^ The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present: Wilson, Gordon Lloyd, page 283 Nova Scotia Legislature
  4. ^ "Encore Liberal again -- Wilson elected MLA for Clare Digby". Nova News Now. October 9, 2013. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved December 27, 2023.
  5. ^ "Premier names former forester as Nova Scotia's environment minister". CBC News. April 24, 2019. Retrieved 2019-04-24.


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