Ken Streatch

The Honourable
Ken Streatch
Member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
for Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley
Bedford-Musquodoboit Valley (1978-1993)
In office
September 19, 1978 – September 14, 1993
Preceded byRiding Established
Succeeded byBrooke Taylor
Personal details
Born (1942-01-27) January 27, 1942 (age 82)
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Political partyProgressive Conservative
SpouseBarbara Blackburn
ChildrenJudy Streatch
Steve Streatch

Kenneth Streatch (born January 27, 1942) 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.

Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1942, Streatch was educated at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College. He married Barbara Blackburn in 1962. Streatch was president of the Nova Scotia Federation of Agriculture in 1972. He then served five years on Halifax County Council before entering provincial politics.[1] His daughter Judy was also a member of the Nova Scotia assembly and is a former provincial cabinet minister.

Political career

Streatch entered provincial politics in the 1978 election, when he was elected MLA for the new Bedford - Musquodoboit Valley riding.[2] On October 5, 1978, he was appointed by premier John Buchanan to the Executive Council of Nova Scotia as Minister of Labour and Manpower and Minister of Public Works.[1][3] The Ministry of Public Works was renamed and transferred to Jerry Lawrence in June 1979.[4] Streatch remained Minister of Labour until after his re-election in the 1981 election.[5] In December 1981, Buchanan shuffled his cabinet, moving Streatch to Minister of Fisheries.[6] In November 1983, Streatch was shuffled to Minister of Lands and Forrests.[7]

Streatch was re-elected in the 1984 election.[8] On November 24, 1987, Streatch was named Minister of Mines and Energy.[9] Streatch was re-elected in the 1988 election, defeating Liberal Geoff Regan by almost 2,000 votes.[10] He was moved to Minister of Small Business Development in December 1988.[11] He served as Minister of Transportation, and then Minister of Economic Development after Donald Cameron took over as premier in February 1991.[12]

In the 1993 election, Streatch was re-elected by 758 votes in the new riding of Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley.[13][14] He announced on July 20 that he was seeking the federal Progressive Conservative nomination in Central Nova for the 1993 federal election,[15] and was nominated as the candidate on July 28.[16] In the federal election, Streatch was defeated by Liberal Roseanne Skoke.[17] Streatch ran again in the 1997 federal election, and lost by 41 votes to New Democrat Peter Stoffer in the Sackville—Musquodoboit Valley—Eastern Shore riding.[18]

References

  • Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1984, PG Normandin
  1. ^ a b Elliott, Shirley B. (1984). The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758–1983 : a biographical directory. Public Archives of Nova Scotia. p. 211. ISBN 0-88871-050-X. Retrieved May 7, 2018.
  2. ^ "Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1978" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 1978. p. 28. Retrieved November 23, 2014.
  3. ^ "Buchanan's Tory cabinet takes over in Nova Scotia". The Globe and Mail. October 6, 1978.
  4. ^ "Called out of control, Government of N.S. gets radical surgery". The Globe and Mail. June 23, 1979.
  5. ^ "Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1981". Elections Nova Scotia. 1981. p. 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 10, 2014.
  6. ^ "9 Nova Scotia ministers moved to new portfolios". The Montreal Gazette. news.google.com. December 11, 1981. Retrieved November 23, 2014.
  7. ^ "Five added, seven shift jobs in Nova Scotia inner circle". The Globe and Mail. November 5, 1983.
  8. ^ "Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1984" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 1984. p. 32. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 5, 2013.
  9. ^ "Buchanan shuffles his cabinet". The Globe and Mail. November 25, 1987.
  10. ^ "Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1988" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 1988. p. 32. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 12, 2014.
  11. ^ "Premier shuffles Cabinet; Thornhill back, Bacon promoted". The Chronicle Herald. December 24, 1988.
  12. ^ "Labor minister ousted over Westray disaster". Toronto Star. November 20, 1992.
  13. ^ "Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1993" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 1993. p. 65. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 6, 2014.
  14. ^ "Liberal sweep claims cabinet ministers". The Chronicle Herald. May 26, 1993. Archived from the original on August 30, 2000.
  15. ^ "Streatch to seek federal nomination". The Chronicle Herlad. July 21, 1993.
  16. ^ "Candidate urged to resign". Toronto Star. August 6, 1993.
  17. ^ "Atlantic region hands Liberals near-clean sweep". The Chronicle Herald. October 26, 1993. Archived from the original on November 21, 2001.
  18. ^ "NDP rookie Stoffer rides wild comeback". The Chronicle Herald. June 3, 1997. Archived from the original on February 11, 2001. Retrieved November 23, 2014.