Lisa Roberts (politician)
Lisa Roberts | |
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Member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly for Halifax Needham | |
In office August 30, 2016 – July 17, 2021 | |
Preceded by | Maureen MacDonald |
Succeeded by | Suzy Hansen |
Personal details | |
Political party | NDP |
Lisa Roberts is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in a by-election on August 30, 2016.[1] She represented the electoral district of Halifax Needham as a member of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party until 2021.[1]
She was re-elected in the 2017 provincial election.
Roberts announced in February 2021 that she would seek nomination as the NDP candidate for Halifax in the next federal election, but continue her role as MLA until either the next federal or provincial election, whichever came first.[2]
Before entering politics, Roberts had been executive director of Veith House, and a journalist with CBC Radio’s Information Morning in Halifax. She has been involved in several Halifax community initiatives, like the community garden on Needham Hill.
Electoral record[]
Federal[]
2021 Canadian federal election: Halifax | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Andy Fillmore | 21,905 | 42.74 | +0.26 | ||||
New Democratic | Lisa Roberts | 20,347 | 39.70 | +9.66 | ||||
Conservative | Cameron Ells | 6,601 | 12.88 | +1.30 | ||||
Green | Jo-Ann Roberts | 1,128 | 2.20 | –12.17 | ||||
People's | B. Alexander Hébert | 1,069 | 2.09 | +0.95 | ||||
Communist | Katie Campbell | 198 | 0.39 | |||||
Total valid votes | 51,248 | 100.00 | – | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 322 | 0.62 | –0.02 | |||||
Turnout | 51,570 | 68.13 | –6.91 | |||||
Registered voters | 75,692 | |||||||
Liberal hold | Swing | –4.70 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[3] |
Provincial[]
2017 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
New Democratic | Lisa Roberts | 3,880 | 51.4% | +0.43 | ||||
Liberal | Melinda Daye | 2,075 | 27.5% | -6.13 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Matthew Donahoe | 1,135 | 15.0% | +2.86 | ||||
Green | Andrew Jamieson | 465 | 6.2% | +2.94 | ||||
Total valid votes | 7,599 | 45.9% | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 44 | |||||||
Eligible voters | 16,558 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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New Democratic Party | Lisa Roberts | 2,519 | 50.97 | +6.98 | |
Liberal | Rod Wilson | 1,662 | 33.63 | -6.77 | |
Progressive Conservative | Andy Arsenault | 600 | 12.14 | +1.32 | |
Green | Thomas Trappenberg | 161 | 3.26 | -1.53 | |
Total valid votes | 4,942 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 21 | 0.42 | -0.50 | ||
Turnout | 4,963 | 32.50 | -17.93 | ||
Electors on the lists | 15,270 | – | |||
New Democratic hold | Swing | +6.87 |
References[]
- ^ a b "Lisa Roberts wins Halifax-Needham byelection for Nova Scotia's NDP". CBC News. August 30, 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-01.
- ^ "MLA Lisa Roberts to seek federal NDP nomination in Halifax". Halifax Examiner. Feb 1, 2021. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
- ^ "Election Night Results — Halifax". Elections Canada. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- Nova Scotia New Democratic Party MLAs
- Women MLAs in Nova Scotia
- Living people
- People from Halifax, Nova Scotia
- 21st-century Canadian politicians
- 21st-century Canadian women politicians
- Nova Scotia politician stubs