Stephen Allen Craig (born 1955)[1] is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in a by-election on June 18, 2019. A member of the Progressive Conservatives, he represents the electoral district of Sackville-Cobequid.[2][3]
Steve Craig | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly for Sackville-Cobequid | |
| Assumed office June 18, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Dave Wilson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Stephen Allen Craig 1955 |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
Craig had previously sat on Halifax Regional Council, representing Lower Sackville since the 2012 Halifax Regional Municipality municipal election.
Political career edit
On August 31, 2021, Craig was made Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture.[4]
On September 13, 2023, Craig announced he would not run in the next Nova Scotia general election,[5] and was shuffled out of cabinet the following day.[6]
Personal life edit
Craig and his wife Shari live in Lower Sackville. They have two children, Marlo and Jonathan.[7]
Electoral record edit
| Nova Scotia provincial by-election, June 18, 2019: Sackville-Cobequid Resignation of Dave Wilson | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Steve Craig | 2,655 | 42.04 | +16.65 | ||||
| New Democratic | Lara Fawthrop | 2,472 | 39.14 | -5.04 | ||||
| Liberal | Michel Hindlet | 658 | 10.42 | -15.56 | ||||
| Green | Anthony Edmonds | 488 | 7.73 | +4.39 | ||||
| Atlantica | David F. Boyd | 43 | 0.68 | -0.44 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 6,316 | 99.68 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 20 | 0.32 | -0.09 | |||||
| Turnout | 6,336 | 41.75 | -9.21 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 15,177 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative gain from New Democratic | Swing | +10.84 | ||||||
District 15, Halifax Municipal Election 2012: Lower Sackville edit
| Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Craig | 2,524 | 41.181 | ||
| Stephen Taylor | 1,852 | 30.217 | ||
| Curt Wentzell | 755 | 12.318 | ||
| Janet Langille | 698 | 11.388 | ||
| Ian Wilson | 300 | 4.895 | ||
| Turnout | 6,129 | |||
| 2006 Nova Scotia general election: Sackville-Cobequid | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic Party | Dave Wilson | 4,477 | 54.50 | +9.12 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Steve Craig | 2,499 | 30.42 | +2.05 | ||||
| Liberal | David Major | 1,051 | 12.80 | -12.31 | ||||
| Green | Elizabeth Nicolson | 187 | 2.28 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 8,214 | 99.74 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 21 | 0.26 | -0.00 | |||||
| Turnout | 8,235 | 57.40 | -1.71 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 14,347 | |||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | +3.53 | ||||||
References edit
- ^ The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present: Craig, Stephen Allen, page 58 Nova Scotia Legislature
- ^ "Craig takes Sackville-Cobequid stronghold from NDP". The Chronicle Herald. June 19, 2019. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
- ^ "Tories take Sackville-Cobequid byelection in political landscape shakeup". CBC News. June 19, 2019. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
- ^ "New Cabinet to Deliver Solutions for Nova Scotians". 11 May 2018.
- ^ "Cabinet ministers Pat Dunn and Steve Craig won't seek re-election". CBC News. September 13, 2023. Retrieved 2023-11-27.
- ^ "N.S. premier shuffles cabinet, appoints first Black woman". CBC News. September 14, 2023. Retrieved 2023-11-27.
- ^ "Councillor Steve Craig". halifax.ca. Halifax Regional Municipality. Retrieved June 19, 2019.