Bruce Holland Explained

Bruce Holland
Birth Date:1959
Office:MLA for Timberlea-Prospect
Term Start:May 25, 1993
Term End:March 24, 1998
Predecessor:riding established
Successor:Bill Estabrooks
Party:Conservative
Otherparty:Nova Scotia Liberal Party (1990s)

Bruce Holland (born 1959) is a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Timberlea-Prospect in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1993 to 1998. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.[1] In 2017, Holland ran as a candidate for the PC Party of Nova Scotia in Halifax Atlantic. Holland is currently the executive director of the Spryfield Business Commission and the publisher and founder of the Parkview News, a locally distributed paper.

Early life

Holland graduated from Sir John A. Macdonald High School.

Political career

Holland was a county councilor for Halifax County, Nova Scotia from 1991 to 1993.[2] He entered provincial politics in the 1993 election, winning a seat in the provincial legislature.[3] In 1997, he entered the race for the leadership of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party,[2] but finished last on the first ballot.[4] At the convention, after receiving 264 votes on the first ballot, Holland played a king-maker role by throwing his support to Russell MacLellan who was 121 votes short of winning.[5] On July 18, 1997, MacLellan appointed Holland to the Executive Council of Nova Scotia as Minister responsible for the Science and Technology Secretariat.[6] Holland was defeated by New Democrat Bill Estabrooks when he ran for re-election in the 1998 election.[7] [8] Holland attempted to regain the seat in the 2003 election,[9] [10] but finished second, losing to Estabrooks by over 3200 votes.[11]

In June 2016, Holland announced he was running for a seat on Halifax Regional Council in the 2016 municipal election.[12] On October 15, 2016, he placed third out of six candidates in his district.[13]

In April 2017, Holland was nominated as the Progressive Conservative candidate in Halifax Atlantic for the 2017 Nova Scotia general election.[14] [15]

In March 2019, Holland was nominated as the Conservative candidate in Halifax for the 2019 federal election.[16] He finished a distant fourth.

Electoral record

1993 general election

|-|-|New Democratic Party|Bill Estabrooks|align="right"|2,772|align="right"|30.85|align="right"||Progressive Conservative|Debi Forsyth-Smith|align="right"|2,744|align="right"|30.54|align="right"||}

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Electoral History for Timberlea-Prospect. Nova Scotia Legislative Library. 2015-07-24.
  2. Web site: Holland dark horse in race for premier. The Chronicle Herald. May 16, 1997. 2014-09-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20010712162520/http://www.herald.ns.ca/specialevents/libleader/stories/970516100.html. July 12, 2001.
  3. Web site: Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1993 . Elections Nova Scotia . 1993 . 2014-09-23 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141006070337/http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201993.pdf . 2014-10-06 .
  4. Web site: MacLellan's agenda. The Chronicle Herald. July 14, 1997. 2014-09-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20010707135212/http://www.herald.ns.ca/specialevents/libleader/stories/970714156.html. July 7, 2001.
  5. Web site: Skoke declines king-maker role. The Chronicle Herald. July 14, 1997. 2014-09-23. https://web.archive.org/web/19980204072332/http://www.herald.ns.ca/specialevents/libleader/stories/970714148.html. February 4, 1998.
  6. Web site: Four fresh horses. The Chronicle Herald. July 19, 1997. 2014-09-23. https://web.archive.org/web/19980204072027/http://www.herald.ns.ca/specialevents/libleader/stories/970719101.html. February 4, 1998.
  7. Web site: Election Returns, 1998 (Timberlea-Prospect). Elections Nova Scotia. 2014-09-23. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150211163130/http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/dist49.pdf. 2015-02-11.
  8. Web site: Six cabinet ministers shelved. The Chronicle Herald. March 25, 1998. 2014-09-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20041125104751/http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?1998%2F03%2F25+189.raw+PE98Mar25+2. November 25, 2004. dead.
  9. News: Holland gets Grit nod in Timberlea Prospect. The Chronicle Herald. April 19, 2003.
  10. News: Decision 2003 – Timberlea-Prospect. The Daily News. Halifax. July 29, 2003.
  11. Web site: Election Returns, 2003 (Timberlea-Prospect). Elections Nova Scotia. 2015-07-24.
  12. Web site: Ex-MLA Bruce Holland joins crowd fighting for Reg Rankin's Halifax council seat. The Chronicle Herald. June 22, 2016. 2023-11-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20161022093117/http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/1374657-ex-mla-bruce-holland-joins-crowd-fighting-for-reg-rankin%E2%80%99s-halifax-council-seat. October 22, 2016.
  13. Web site: Halifax Regional Municipality election results. CBC News. October 15, 2016. 2016-10-21.
  14. Web site: Bruce Holland to carry PC banner in Halifax Atlantic. Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia. April 20, 2017. 2018-05-29. 2017-04-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20170422054436/http://pcparty.ns.ca/bruce-holland-carry-pc-banner-halifax-atlantic/. dead.
  15. Web site: Former Liberal MLA named PC candidate for Halifax Atlantic. The Chronicle Herald. April 20, 2017. 2017-04-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20170422043024/http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/1461468-former-liberal-mla-named-pc-candidate-for-halifax-atlantic. April 22, 2017. dead.
  16. Web site: Business advocate announced as Conservative candidate for federal Halifax seat. The Star. Halifax. March 28, 2019. 2019-06-16.

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