| Honorific-Prefix: | The Honourable |
| Randy Delorey | |
| Birth Name: | Randy Delorey |
| Constituency Am: | Antigonish |
| Assembly: | Nova Scotia House of |
| Term Start: | October 8, 2013 |
| Term End: | July 17, 2021 |
| Party: | Liberal |
| Premier: | Stephen McNeil |
| Predecessor: | Maurice Smith |
| Successor: | Michelle Thompson |
| Office2: | Minister of Environment |
| Premier2: | Stephen McNeil |
| Term Start2: | October 22, 2013 |
| Term End2: | July 24, 2015 |
| Predecessor2: | Sterling Belliveau |
| Successor2: | Andrew Younger |
| Office3: | Minister of Gaelic Affairs |
| Premier3: | Stephen McNeil |
| Term Start3: | October 22, 2013 |
| Term End3: | October 8, 2020 |
| Predecessor3: | Maurice Smith |
| Successor3: | Suzanne Lohnes-Croft |
| Office4: | Minister of Finance and Treasury Board |
| Termstart4: | July 24, 2015 |
| Term End4: | June 15, 2017 |
| Premier4: | Stephen McNeil |
| Predecessor4: | Diana Whalen |
| Successor4: | Karen Casey |
| Office5: | Minister of Environment |
| Termstart5: | November 5, 2015 |
| Termend5: | January 12, 2016 |
| Premier5: | Stephen McNeil |
| Predecessor5: | Andrew Younger |
| Successor5: | Margaret Miller |
| Office6: | Minister of Health and Wellness |
| Termstart6: | June 15, 2017 |
| Termend6: | October 8, 2020 |
| Premier6: | Stephen McNeil |
| Predecessor6: | Leo Glavine |
| Successor6: | Leo Glavine |
| Office7: | Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Nova Scotia |
| Term Start7: | February 23, 2017 |
| Term End7: | July 17, 2021 |
| Premier7: | Stephen McNeil |
| Predecessor7: | Mark Furey |
| Successor7: | Brad Johns |
| Term Start8: | February 23, 2017 |
| Term End8: | July 17, 2021 |
| Premier8: | Stephen McNeil |
| Predecessor8: | Mark Furey |
| Successor8: | Brad Johns |
Randy Delorey[1] is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in the 2013 provincial election. He was one of three candidates to succeed Stephen McNeil as the leader of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party and Premier of Nova Scotia. A member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party, he represented the electoral district of Antigonish until 2021.[2] [3]
Delorey graduated from St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish in 2000. Delorey then received a Bachelor of Information Systems degree from St. Francis Xavier University, an MBA from the Université de Moncton, and he is a PhD candidate in management at Saint Mary's University.
Prior to his election to the legislature, Delorey was a professor of business management at St. Francis Xavier University. He has also worked as an advocate for community-based education in rural Nova Scotia during controversial school closures in rural Nova Scotia, during which over twenty rural schools were in review for possible closure.[4] [5]
Delorey entered provincial politics in 2013, defeating Progressive Conservative Darren Thompson and New Democrat cabinet minister Maurice Smith in the Antigonish riding.[6] [7] On October 22, 2013, Delorey was appointed to the Executive Council of Nova Scotia as Minister of Environment and Minister of Gaelic Affairs.[8]
Since being appointed Minister of Environment, he has passed the Importation of Hydraulic Fracturing Wastewater Prohibition Act, and has taken steps to deal with the seven million gallons of wastewater in Debert, Nova Scotia.[9]
In March 2014, he provided conditional approval for the Goldboro, Nova Scotia Liquefied Natural Gas project, which will turn Goldboro into the “energy hub” of Nova Scotia by 2018. The project will lead to a marine terminal and a natural gas liquefaction plant in that community.[10]
In July 2014, Delorey signed an agreement with Pictou Landing First Nation after a blockade of the Boat Harbour effluent treatment facility used by the Northern Pulp mill. The agreement allowed Northern Pulp to continue its work to repair a broken pipe that had spilled effluent near a First Nations burial ground, and will lead to a timeline for the closure of the Boat Harbour Effluent Treatment Facility.[11] [12]
On July 24, 2015, premier Stephen McNeil shuffled his cabinet, naming Delorey as Minister of Finance.[13] [14]
Delorey was re-elected in the Antigonish riding following the 40th Provincial General Election on May 30, 2017. He defeated Progressive Conservative Ray Mattie, New Democrat Moraig MacGillivray, and Atlantica candidate Ryan Smyth.[15] Liberals and Progressive Conservatives saw their vote shares increase from the previous election while the NDP saw a decline.
On June 15, 2017, premier Stephen McNeil shuffled his cabinet, naming Delorey as Minister of Health and Wellness.[16]
On October 7, 2020, Delorey resigned as Minister of Health and Wellness to become a candidate for the leadership of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.[17]
On October 8, 2020, Delorey announced his candidacy for the Leader of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party. He was the third candidate to enter the race, following Labi Kousoulis, MLA for Halifax Citadel-Sable Island and Iain Rankin, MLA for Timberlea-Prospect.
Delorey's Campaign was Co-Chaired by Kelly Regan, MLA for Bedford and Gordon Wilson, MLA for Clare-Digby, and has received the endorsement of 7 sitting members of the Nova Scotia Liberal Caucus, the most of any leadership candidate.
Delorey finished in third with 23.10% of points, and was therefore eliminated on the first ballot. The leadership was eventually won narrowly by Iain Rankin who beat out Labi Kousoulis with 52.41% to Kousoulis’ 47.59%.
|-|Liberal|Randy Delorey|align="right"| 3877|align="right"| 43.38|align="right"| +0.60|-|Progressive Conservative|Ray Mattie|align="right"| 3139|align="right"| 35.12|align="right"| +3.51|-|New Democratic Party|Moraig MacGillivray|align="right"| 1815|align="right"| 20.31|align="right"| -5.30|-||Atlantica|Ryan Smyth|align="right"| 106|align="right"| 1.19|align="right"| --|}
|-|Liberal|Randy Delorey|align="right"| 3882|align="right"| 42.78|align="right"| +19.89|-|Progressive Conservative|Darren Thompson|align="right"| 2868|align="right"| 31.61|align="right"| -4.10|-|New Democratic Party|Maurice Smith|align="right"| 2324|align="right"| 25.61|align="right"| -15.79|}