Politics

Erin O’Toole pressed the flesh in Waverley-Fall River on election day on May 30th.

Newly minted Senator Dan Christmas says it is time for a seat in the House of Assembly to be given the native people of the province.

Kaley Kennedy has been tapped to become the next chief of staff to third party leader, Gary Burrill.

Retired Supreme Court of Nova Scotia judge Arthur LeBlanc has been tapped as the next lieutenant governor.

Well known Halifax businessman Rob Batherson was seen in this spring’s provincial election as Tory leader Jamie Baillie’s star candidate in metro Halifax.

There is no surprise that Karen Casey has left the tough Education ministry and that Leo Glavine is off the hot potato Health perch.

Art LeBlanc is going to become the province’s next lieutenant governor, becoming the first ever Nova Scotian Acadian to hold the post at Government House.

Tory leader Jamie Baillie took his party from 10 seats in 2013 to 17 seats in the most recent provincial election, increasing his popularity by about 10 per cent during the 30-day campaign.

Days before the May 30 provincial election, the Jamie Baillie-led Progressive Conservative party sent three paid staffers to shore up the vote in Cumberland North.

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