Denise Peterson-Rafuse

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The Honourable Denise Peterson-Rafuse
Denise Peterson-Rafuse, MLA
MLA for Chester-St. Margaret's
In office June 9, 2009 – present
Preceded by	Judy Streatch
Minister of Community Services
In office June 19, 2009 – October 22, 2013
Preceded by	Chris d'Entremont
Succeeded by	Joanne Bernard
Minister for Seniors
In office June 19, 2009 – October 22, 2013
Preceded by	Len Goucher
Succeeded by	Leo Glavine
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Political party	New Democrat
Website	http://denisepetersonrafusemla.ca

Denise Peterson-Rafuse is a Canadian politician, who has represented the electoral district of Chester-St. Margaret's in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly since 2009 as a member of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party.

In 2009 Peterson-Rafuse successfully ran for the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party nomination in the riding of Chester-St. Margaret's. Peterson-Rafuse was elected in the 2009 provincial election and was re-elected in the 2013 provincial election.

On June 19, 2009 Peterson-Rafuse was appointed to the Executive Council of Nova Scotia where she served as Minister of Community Services, as well as Minister for Seniors and served as other cabinet positions including Chair of the Senior Citizens’ Secretariat, Minister responsible for the Advisory Council on the Status of Women Act and Minister responsible for the Disabled Persons’ Commission Act.

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62nd General Assembly of Nova Scotia

Liberal	McNeil Arab Bernard Casey Churchill Colwell Delorey Diab Eyking Farrell Furey Glavine Gough Hines Horne Ince Irving Jessome Kousoulis Lohnes-Croft MacLellan Maguire Miller Murphy Rankin Regan Rowe Samson Stroink Treen Whalen G. Wilson Younger

Progressive Conservative	Baillie d'Entremont Dunn Harrison Houston Lohr MacFarlane MacLeod MacMaster Orrell Porter

New Democrat	MacDonald Belliveau Corbett Gosse Peterson-Rafuse D. Wilson Zann

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Name	Peterson-Rafuse, Denise
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