Becky Kent

Becky Kent
MLA for Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage
In office
October 2, 2007 – October 8, 2013
Preceded byKevin Deveaux
Succeeded byJoyce Treen
Personal details
Political partyNew Democratic Party
Occupationearly childhood educator, municipal councillor

Rebecca J. Kent is a Canadian politician. She represented the electoral district of Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 2007 to 2013. She was a member of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party.[citation needed] She presently sits on the Halifax Regional Council.

Kent, an early childhood educator,[1] was elected as a municipal councillor for the Halifax Regional Municipality district of Woodside-Eastern Passage in 2004.[2] She entered provincial politics in October 2007, winning a by-election in the Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage riding.[3][4] She was re-elected in the 2009 election.[5] In January 2011, Kent was elected Deputy Speaker.[6] In March 2013, she was appointed ministerial assistant to the Minister of Education.[7] Kent was defeated by Liberal Joyce Treen when she ran for re-election in the 2013 election.[8] In the 2020 Halifax municipal election, she returned to Halifax Regional Council as a councillor for Dartmouth South - Eastern Passage.[9]

  1. ^ Joanne Oostveen (2007-09-20). "Becky Kent: Advocate, volunteer, mother". Halifax News Net. Archived from the original on 2013-01-15. Retrieved 2010-05-21.
  2. ^ "Nova Scotia election: Meet your metro Halifax candidates". The Chronicle Herald. October 2, 2013. Archived from the original on April 10, 2015. Retrieved 2015-04-05.
  3. ^ "NDP holds seat in Halifax-area byelection". CBC News. October 2, 2007. Retrieved 2015-04-05.
  4. ^ "NDP hold on to Halifax-area seat". Amherst Daily News. October 3, 2007. Archived from the original on August 10, 2011. Retrieved 2024-04-09.
  5. ^ "Nova Scotia sends record 12 women to Province House in election". CBC News. June 9, 2009. Retrieved 2015-04-05.
  6. ^ "Legislature elects NDP backbencher Gordie Gosse as new Speaker". Cape Breton Post. January 19, 2011. Archived from the original on April 5, 2015. Retrieved 2015-04-05.
  7. ^ "Skabar gets new ministerial assistant position". Cumberland News Now. March 15, 2013. Archived from the original on 2014-11-06. Retrieved 2015-04-05.
  8. ^ "Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage". CBC News. October 9, 2013. Retrieved 2015-04-05.
  9. ^ "Record number of female councillors elected in HRM, Mike Savage returned as mayor". CBC News. October 17, 2020. Retrieved 2024-04-09.