Sterling Belliveau
| The Honourable Sterling Belliveau | |
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| MLA for Queens-Shelburne | |
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In office October 8, 2013 – incumbent | |
| Preceded by | electoral district created |
| MLA for Shelburne | |
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In office June 13, 2006 – October 8, 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Cecil O'Donnell |
| Succeeded by | electoral district abolished |
| Minister of Environment | |
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In office June 19, 2009 – October 22, 2013 | |
| Preceded by | David Morse |
| Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture | |
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In office June 19, 2009 – October 22, 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Ron Chisholm |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | NDP |
| Residence | Woods Harbour, Nova Scotia |
| Occupation | fisherman |
Sterling Belliveau is a Canadian politician who has represented the electoral district of Shelburne (now Queens-Shelburne) in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly since 2006 as a member of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party.
A native of Woods Harbour, Belliveau was a self-employed fisherman. He has volunteered his service on various boards and committees in Shelburne County, including community groups, a volunteer ambulance service, as well as organizations related to the fishing industry.
He is married to Luella Jean (Cameron) and they have two adult children and one grandchild.
Political career
Belliveau served for three terms as a municipal councilor representing District 1 (Charlesville, Forbes Point and Woods Harbour) on the municipal council for the Municipality of the District of Barrington; two of those terms he served as warden.
In 2006 Belliveau successfully ran for the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party nomination in the riding of Shelburne. He was elected in the 2006 provincial election, defeating Progressive Conservative candidate Eddie Nickerson by 65 votes.[1][2] He was re-elected in the 2009 provincial election, receiving 55.41% of the votes and increasing his vote to 2,207 over his closest challenger.[3][4] Belliveau's riding was abolished in the 2012 electoral boundary review. Belliveau was re-elected in the 2013 provincial election representing the new riding of Queens-Shelburne where he received 37.1% of the votes with a margin of 381 votes over his closest challenger.
On June 19, 2009 Belliveau was appointed to the Executive Council of Nova Scotia, serving as Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture as well as Minister of Environment.[5] He served in the Executive Council until October 22, 2013.
References
- ↑ "Tightest races: Queens, Hants West, Shelburne". CBC News. June 14, 2006. Retrieved 2014-10-13.
- ↑ "Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 2006 (Shelburne)" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 2006. Retrieved 2014-10-13.
- ↑ "Nova Scotia Votes 2009 - Shelburne". CBC. 2009. Retrieved 2009-09-08.
- ↑ "Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 2009 (Shelburne)" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 2009. Retrieved 2014-10-13.
- ↑ "Atlantic Canada's 1st NDP government takes office in Nova Scotia". CBC News. June 19, 2009. Retrieved 2014-10-13.
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