| Keith Irving | |
| Birth Name: | Richard Keith Irving |
| Birth Date: | 20 June 1958[1] |
| Birth Place: | Moncton, New Brunswick[2] |
| Assembly: | Nova Scotia House of |
| Constituency Am: | Kings South |
| Term Start: | October 8, 2013 |
| Term End: | October 27, 2024 |
| Predecessor: | Ramona Jennex |
| Successor: | Julie Vanexan |
Keith Irving (born June 20, 1958) 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 represents the electoral district of Kings South.[3] Irving has previously served on Wolfville Town Council and Iqaluit Town Council.[4] Irving is a former architect by trade.
In 2017, Irving was re-elected in Kings South.[5]
On February 23, 2021, Irving was appointed to the Executive Council of Nova Scotia as Minister of Environment and Climate Change, and Chair of Treasury and Policy Board.[6] Irving was re-elected in the 2021 election, however the Rankin Liberals lost government becoming the Official Opposition.[7] [8]
On July 19, 2024, Irving announced he would not run in the 2024 Nova Scotia general election.[9]
|- |Liberal|Keith Irving|align="right"| 4,269|align="right"| 46.71|align="right"| + 7.46|- |Progressive Conservative|Peter Harrison|align="right"| 2,496|align="right"| 27.31|align="right"| + 4.61|- |New Democratic Party|Stephen Schneider|align="right"| 1,921|align="right"| 21.02|align="right"| - 14.53|-|}
|- |Liberal|Keith Irving|align="right"| 3,939|align="right"| 39.25|align="right"||- |New Democratic Party|Ramona Jennex|align="right"| 3,568|align="right"| 35.55|align="right"||- |Progressive Conservative|Shane MacKenzie Buchan|align="right"| 2,278|align="right"| 22.70|align="right"||-|}