Honorific-Prefix: | The Honourable |
Brad Johns | |
Birth Date: | 5 March 1969[1] [2] |
Birth Place: | Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia |
Honorific-Suffix: | MLA |
Assembly: | Nova Scotia House of |
Constituency Am: | Sackville-Uniacke |
Term Start: | May 30, 2017 |
Predecessor: | Stephen Gough |
Office2: | Member of Halifax Regional Council |
Constituency2: | District 14 Middle/Upper Sackville – Beaver Bank - Lucasville |
Term Start2: | November 6, 2012 |
Term End2: | November 1, 2016 |
Predecessor2: | District created |
Successor2: | Lisa Blackburn |
Constituency3: | District 19 Middle and Upper Sackville - Lucasville |
Term Start3: | November 7, 2000 |
Term End3: | November 6, 2012 |
Predecessor3: | Barry Barnet |
Successor3: | District dissolved |
Term Start4: | August 31, 2021 |
Term End4: | April 19, 2024 |
Premier4: | Tim Houston |
Predecessor4: | Randy Delorey |
Term Start5: | August 31, 2021 |
Term End5: | April 19, 2024 |
Premier5: | Tim Houston |
Predecessor5: | Randy Delorey |
Occupation: | Politician |
Bradley "Brad" Harris Johns (born March 5, 1969) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in the 2017 provincial election. A member of the Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia, he represents the electoral district of Sackville-Uniacke.[3]
Johns grew up in Middle Sackville and graduated from Sackville High School in 1988 and then attended Mount Saint Vincent University, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in History.[4]
Prior to his election to the House of Assembly, Johns was a Halifax Regional Municipal Councillor from 2000 until his defeat in 2016. Johns was also the first elected representative to serve as a chairperson for the RCMP / HRP Board of Police Commissioners and was deputy mayor of the Halifax Regional Municipality in 2010 and 2011.[5]
In November 2017, Johns endorsed Nova Scotia PC leadership candidate Tim Houston.[6]
On August 31, 2021, Johns was made Minister of Justice and Attorney General as well as Provincial Secretary and Minister of Labor Relations.[7]
On April 19, 2024, Johns resigned from Cabinet, one day after stating that he did not believe domestic violence was an epidemic. Johns made the comments on the four-year anniversary of the mass shooting in Nova Scotia, which resulted in the deaths of 22 people.[8] Johns was the second minister of the Houston government to quit cabinet, following the resignation of Trevor Boudreau.