John Holm

John Holm
John Holm
MLA for Sackville-Cobequid; Sackville (1984-1993)
	In office; 1984–2003
Preceded by	Malcolm A. MacKay
Succeeded by	Dave Wilson
Personal details
Born	April 19, 1947 (age 77); Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Political party	New Democratic Party

John Edgar Holm (born April 19, 1947) is a Canadian politician from Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia in the Halifax Regional Municipality.^[1] He represented the electoral districts of Sackville, and Sackville-Cobequid in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1984 to 2003 as a member of the New Democratic Party.^[2]

Holm entered provincial politics in the 1984 election, defeating Liberal Bill MacDonald and Progressive Conservative incumbent Malcolm A. MacKay in the Sackville riding.^[3]^[4] He was re-elected in the 1988 election.^[5]^[6] In the 1993 election, Holm ran in the new riding of Sackville-Cobequid, and was re-elected by almost 1,900 votes.^[7]^[8] Holm took over as interim leader of the NDP when Alexa McDonough resigned as leader in November 1994,^[9] and held the position until the election of Robert Chisholm as leader in March 1996.^[10] Holm was re-elected in the 1998^[11]^[12] and 1999 elections.^[13] On January 15, 2003, Holm announced that he was not re-offering in the next election.^[14]

References

^ The Canadian Parliamentary Guide. 1997. ISBN 9781896413433.
^ "Electoral History for Sackville-Cobequid" (PDF). Nova Scotia Legislative Library. Retrieved 2015-03-31.
^ "Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1984" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 1984. p. 121. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-05. Retrieved 2015-03-21.
^ "Buchanan Tories crush opponents in N.S. election". The Globe and Mail. November 7, 1984.
^ "Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1988" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 1988. p. 125. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-05-12. Retrieved 2015-03-21.
^ "Nova Scotia Tories win thin majority". The Globe and Mail. September 7, 1988.
^ "Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1993" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 1993. p. 143. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2015-03-21.
^ "McDonough vows to battle on". The Chronicle Herald. May 26, 1993. Archived from the original on October 7, 2000. Retrieved 2015-03-21.
^ "McDonough resigns, shocks Nova Scotia NDP". Toronto Star. November 20, 1994.
^ "N.S. New Democrats elect former unionist as leader". Toronto Star. March 31, 1996.
^ "Election Returns, 1998 (Sackville-Cobequid)" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 2015-03-21.
^ "NDP takes metro". The Chronicle Herald. March 25, 1998. Archived from the original on January 24, 2005. Retrieved 2015-03-21.
^ "Election Returns, 1999 (Sackville-Cobequid)" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 2015-03-21.
^ "LeBlanc, Holm, MacEwan leaving politics". January 16, 2003. Archived from the original on November 7, 2003. Retrieved 2015-03-21.