Steve Craig (politician) explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honourable
Steve Craig
Birth Name:Stephen Allen Craig
Birth Date:1955
Honorific-Suffix:MLA
Assembly:Nova Scotia House of
Constituency Am:Sackville-Cobequid
Term Start:June 18, 2019
Predecessor:Dave Wilson
Office2:Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture
Term Start2:31 August 2021
Term End2:14 September 2023

Stephen Allen Craig (born 1955)[1] is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in a by-election on June 18, 2019. A member of the Progressive Conservatives, he represents the electoral district of Sackville-Cobequid.[2] [3]

Craig had previously sat on Halifax Regional Council, representing Lower Sackville since the 2012 Halifax Regional Municipality municipal election.

Political career

On August 31, 2021, Craig was made Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture.[4]

On September 13, 2023, Craig announced he would not run in the next Nova Scotia general election,[5] and was shuffled out of cabinet the following day.[6]

Personal life

Craig and his wife Shari live in Lower Sackville. They have two children, Marlo and Jonathan.[7]

Electoral record

District 15, Halifax Municipal Election 2012: Lower Sackville

|- |New Democratic Party|Dave Wilson|align="right"|4,477|align="right"|54.50|align="right"|+9.12|- |Progressive Conservative|Steve Craig|align="right"|2,499|align="right"|30.42|align="right"|+2.05|- |Liberal|David Major|align="right"|1,051|align="right"|12.80|align="right"|-12.31|-|}

Notes and References

  1. https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/pdfs/people/mlabios.pdf The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present: Craig, Stephen Allen, page 58
  2. Web site: Craig takes Sackville-Cobequid stronghold from NDP. The Chronicle Herald. June 19, 2019. 2019-06-19.
  3. Web site: Tories take Sackville-Cobequid byelection in political landscape shakeup. CBC News. June 19, 2019. 2019-06-19.
  4. Web site: New Cabinet to Deliver Solutions for Nova Scotians. 11 May 2018.
  5. Web site: Cabinet ministers Pat Dunn and Steve Craig won't seek re-election. CBC News. September 13, 2023. 2023-11-27.
  6. Web site: N.S. premier shuffles cabinet, appoints first Black woman. CBC News. September 14, 2023. 2023-11-27.
  7. Web site: Councillor Steve Craig . halifax.ca . Halifax Regional Municipality . June 23, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190619230423/https://www.halifax.ca/city-hall/districts-councillors/district-15/councillor-steve-craig . June 19, 2019.