Marie Dechman Explained

Marie P. Dechman
Birth Date:1941
Residence:West LaHave, Nova Scotia
Office:MLA for Lunenburg West
Term Start:1988
Term End:1993
Predecessor:Mel Pickings
Successor:Don Downe
Party:Progressive Conservative

Marie P. Dechman is a Canadian politician. She represented the electoral district of Lunenburg West in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1988 to 1993. She was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia.

Political career

Dechman entered provincial politics in the 1988 election, winning the Lunenburg West riding by 268 votes.[1] [2] In 1989, she was elected Nova Scotia's first woman Deputy Speaker.[3] [4] In February 1991, Dechman was appointed to the Executive Council of Nova Scotia as Minister of Community Services.[5] On February 17, 1992, she was shuffled to Minister of Counsumer Affairs, and Minister responsible for Housing,[6] which were later merged into one position, Minister of Housing and Consumer Affairs.[7] In the 1993 election, Dechman was defeated by Liberal Don Downe.[8] [9] [10]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1988 . Elections Nova Scotia . 1988 . 2014-11-12 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140512225642/http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201988.pdf . 2014-05-12 .
  2. News: Buchanan's 'new PCs' same old faces. The Globe and Mail. September 8, 1988.
  3. Web site: Local MLAs savour experience with ex-politician club. South Shore Now. October 21, 2014. 2014-11-12. dead. https://archive.today/20141112042722/http://www.southshorenow.ca/en/20141022/News/74968/Local-MLAs-savour-experience-with-ex-politician-club.htm. November 12, 2014.
  4. Web site: Marie Dechman, portrait - first woman Deputy Speaker. The Nova Scotia Legislature. 2018-04-23.
  5. News: Woman appointed to leaner N.S. cabinet. Toronto Star. February 26, 1991.
  6. News: Thornhill returns to cabinet in shuffle. The Chronicle Herald. February 18, 1992.
  7. Web site: Nova Scotia: Women in the Legislature. Parliament of Canada. 2014-11-12.
  8. Web site: Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1993 . Elections Nova Scotia . 1993 . 2014-11-12 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141006070337/http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201993.pdf . 2014-10-06 .
  9. Web site: Liberal sweep claims cabinet ministers . The Chronicle Herald . May 26, 1993 . 2014-11-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20000830230443/http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?1993%2F05%2F26%2B107.raw%2BPE93Elect . August 30, 2000 . dead .
  10. Web site: Female representation increases, but not by much . The Chronicle Herald . May 26, 1993 . 2014-11-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20001007113627/http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?1993%2F05%2F26%2B106.raw%2BPE93Elect . October 7, 2000 . dead .

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