Claudia Chender

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Claudia Chender
MLA
Member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
for Dartmouth South
Assumed office
May 30, 2017
Preceded byMarian Mancini
Personal details
Born1977
Political partyNew Democratic Party
Spouse(s)Jamie MacLellan
Residence(s)Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
OccupationLawyer

Claudia Chender (born 1976)[1] is a Canadian politician, who was first elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in the 2017 provincial election, and re-elected in 2021. A member of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party, she is the NDP House Leader and represents the electoral district of Dartmouth South.[2] On February 14, 2021, Chender declared her candidacy for leader of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party[3]

Early life and education[]

Chender is a lawyer by training and has worked in the not for profit and private sectors. She was raised in the Buddhist and Jewish traditions.[4] She graduated from Dalhousie University in 1999 with a Bachelor of Arts and then from the University of Victoria in 2004 with a Bachelor of Laws. She lives in Dartmouth South with her husband and three children.

Electoral record[]

2021 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Claudia Chender 4,209 58.13 +18.48
Liberal Lesley MacKay 1,603 22.14 -15.31
Progressive Conservative Chris Curtis 1,262 17.43 +1.57
Green Skylar Martini 167 2.31 -3.35
Total valid votes 7,241 99.64
Total rejected ballots 26 0.36
Turnout 7,267 52.96
Eligible voters 13,721
New Democratic hold Swing +16.90
Source: Elections Nova Scotia[5]
2017 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Claudia Chender 3,545 39.7% +4.45
Liberal Vishal Bhardwaj 3,348 37.4% +3.41
Progressive Conservative Jad Crnogorac 1,418 15.9% -7.26
Green June Trenholm 506 5.7% --
Atlantica Jim Murray 123 1.4%
Total valid votes 100.0  


https://globalnews.ca/news/8042781/nova-scotia-election-dartmouth-south-2021/

References[]

  1. ^ The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present: Chender, Claudia, page 41 Nova Scotia Legislature
  2. ^ "Nova Scotia election: NDP Claudia Chender elected in Dartmouth South riding". Global News, May 30, 2017.
  3. ^ "Claudia Chender announces her bid for leadership of Nova Scotia NDP Party | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved 2022-02-14.
  4. ^ "Women team up to ‘uplift’ downtown" Archived 2017-06-09 at the Wayback Machine. Halifax Chronicle Herald, February 25, 2014.
  5. ^ "Provincial General Election 2021-08-17- Official Results". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved October 7, 2021.


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