Don Chard Explained

Don Chard
Residence:Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
Office:MLA for Dartmouth South
Term Start:1998
Term End:1999
Predecessor:John Savage
Successor:Tim Olive
Party:New Democratic Party

Donald F. Chard is a former Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Dartmouth South in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1998 to 1999. He was a member of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party.

Chard was a member of the former Dartmouth district school board and a planner with Parks Canada who first ran for provincial politics in the 1993 election.[1] He was defeated,[2] but ran again in the 1998 election, winning the Dartmouth South seat for the NDP.[3] [4] In May 1998, he was elected Deputy Speaker of the House of Assembly.[5] He was defeated by Progressive Conservative Tim Olive when he ran for re-election in the 1999 election.[6] [7] Chard made another attempt at the NDP nomination in 2003, but lost a coin toss to Marilyn More after the vote count ended in a tie.[8] As of October 2019, Chard was still giving public lectures.[9]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Chard NDP's pick in Dartmouth South. The Chronicle Herald. February 20, 1998. October 4, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20050123221403/http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?1998%2F02%2F20+277.raw+PE98Feb20+2. January 23, 2005. dead.
  2. Web site: Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1993 . Elections Nova Scotia . 1993 . October 4, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141006070337/http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201993.pdf . October 6, 2014 .
  3. Web site: NDP takes metro. The Chronicle Herald. March 25, 1998. October 4, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20050124004424/http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?1998%2F03%2F25+248.raw+PE98Mar25+2. January 24, 2005. dead.
  4. Web site: Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1998 (Dartmouth South). Elections Nova Scotia. 1998. October 4, 2014.
  5. News: Failure in election of Speaker leaves N.S. government shaky NDP Leader says vote of no confidence may be coming soon. The Globe and Mail. May 22, 1998.
  6. Web site: Defeated MLAs lining up new jobs. The Chronicle Herald. July 30, 1999. October 4, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20050124083038/http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?1999%2F07%2F30+210.raw+PE99Jul30+2. January 24, 2005. dead.
  7. Web site: Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1999 (Dartmouth South). Elections Nova Scotia. 1999. October 4, 2014.
  8. Web site: Coin toss decides NDP candidate in Dartmouth riding. The Chronicle Herald. March 1, 2003. October 4, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20030505140244/http://www.herald.ns.ca/stories/2003/03/01/fMetro183.raw.html. May 5, 2003.
  9. Web site: The Griffin, Volume 44 . 14 August 2024 . 9 . December 2019.

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