Mike Smith (Nova Scotia politician)
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Mike Smith is the former mayor of Colchester County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Smith was born in North River, Nova Scotia.
In 1994, Smith was elected as a Colchester County councillor. Re-elected in 1997, he became Colchester County's last Warden during his second term. In 2000, Smith was elected as the county's first mayor. He was re-elected in 2004.
One of Smith's accomplishments as mayor has been the Mayor's Challenge. The Mayor's Challenge is a fitness program aimed at inactive children but has also attrected the interest of adults.
He was a candidate for the leadership of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party in 2007.[1] He placed third of four candidates on the first ballot. He dropped out and endorsed Diana Whalen, who lost on the second and final ballot to Stephen McNeil.[2]
Smith did not reoffer for mayor in the 2008 municipal election. He also declined to run in 2009 provincial election in Colchester North, as had been widely expected.[3]
Smith is married and has three children.
References
- ↑ "Mike Smith launches Liberal leadership bid", CBC.ca, January 10, 2007.
- ↑ "McNeil new N.S. Liberal leader, CBC.ca, April 28, 2007.
- ↑ Smith Says ‘So Long’ to Politics, The Truro Daily News, February 2, 2008.