Ross Bragg | |
Birth Date: | 25 June 1956 |
Birth Place: | Amherst, Nova Scotia |
Death Place: | Seattle, Washington |
Office: | MLA for Cumberland North |
Term Start: | 1993 |
Term End: | 1996 |
Predecessor: | new riding |
Successor: | Ernie Fage |
Office2: | MLA for Cumberland West |
Term Start2: | 1988 |
Term End2: | 1993 |
Predecessor2: | Gardner Hurley |
Successor2: | riding dissolved |
Party: | Liberal |
Occupation: | Realtor |
David Ross Bragg (June 25, 1956 – March 31, 1997) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral districts of Cumberland West and Cumberland North in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1988 to 1996. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.[1]
Born in 1956 at Amherst, Nova Scotia, Bragg was a real estate broker by career.[2]
Bragg entered provincial politics in the 1988 election, defeating Progressive Conservative incumbent Gardner Hurley by 83 votes in the Cumberland West riding.[3] He was re-elected in the 1993 election, defeating Progressive Conservative Ernie Fage by over 1200 votes in Cumberland North.[4] On June 11, 1993, Bragg was appointed to the Executive Council of Nova Scotia as Minister of Economic Development.[5] Bragg resigned from cabinet in February 1995.[6] [7] He remained MLA until resigning for health reasons in November 1996.[8]
Bragg died on March 31, 1997, as a result of leukemia.[9] [10] [11]