Dennis Richards (politician)

This article is about the Canadian politician. For the British historian, see Denis Richards. For the Oregon politician with a similar name, see Dennis Richardson (politician).

Dennis Richards
MLA for Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage
In office
1993–1998
Preceded bynew riding
Succeeded byKevin Deveaux
Personal details
Political partyLiberal

Dennis Richards is a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1993 to 1998. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.[1]

Richards was elected a municipal councillor for Halifax County, Nova Scotia in 1988.[2] He entered provincial politics in the 1993 election, winning the Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage riding.[3] A backbench member of the John Savage government, Richards served as chair of the government caucus.[4] Richards did not reoffer in the 1998 election.[5]

  1. ^ "Electoral History for Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage" (PDF). Nova Scotia Legislative Library. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-04-13.
  2. ^ "County of Halifax elected officials" (PDF). Halifax Regional Municipality. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-04-16. Retrieved 2015-04-13.
  3. ^ "Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1993" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 1993. p. 68. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2015-04-13.
  4. ^ "Government caucus appointments". Government of Nova Scotia. June 28, 1996. Retrieved 2015-04-13.
  5. ^ "Anstey runs for Grits in Cole Harbour riding". The Chronicle Herald. February 21, 1998. Archived from the original on January 23, 2005. Retrieved 2015-04-13.