Don Chard

Don Chard
MLA for Dartmouth South
In office
1998–1999
Preceded byJohn Savage
Succeeded byTim Olive
Personal details
Political partyNew Democratic Party
ResidenceDartmouth, Nova Scotia

Donald F. Chard is a former Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Dartmouth South in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1998 to 1999. He was a member of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party.

Chard was a member of the former Dartmouth district school board and a planner with Parks Canada who first ran for provincial politics in the 1993 election.[1] He was defeated,[2] but ran again in the 1998 election, winning the Dartmouth South seat for the NDP.[3][4] In May 1998, he was elected Deputy Speaker of the House of Assembly.[5] He was defeated by Progressive Conservative Tim Olive when he ran for re-election in the 1999 election.[6][7] Chard made another attempt at the NDP nomination in 2003, but lost a coin toss to Marilyn More after the vote count ended in a tie.[8] As of October 2019, Chard was still giving public lectures.[9]

  1. ^ "Chard NDP's pick in Dartmouth South". The Chronicle Herald. February 20, 1998. Archived from the original on January 23, 2005. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
  2. ^ "Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1993" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 1993. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 6, 2014. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
  3. ^ "NDP takes metro". The Chronicle Herald. March 25, 1998. Archived from the original on January 24, 2005. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
  4. ^ "Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1998 (Dartmouth South)" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 1998. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
  5. ^ "Failure in election of Speaker leaves N.S. government shaky NDP Leader says vote of no confidence may be coming soon". The Globe and Mail. May 22, 1998.
  6. ^ "Defeated MLAs lining up new jobs". The Chronicle Herald. July 30, 1999. Archived from the original on January 24, 2005. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
  7. ^ "Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1999 (Dartmouth South)" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 1999. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
  8. ^ "Coin toss decides NDP candidate in Dartmouth riding". The Chronicle Herald. March 1, 2003. Archived from the original on May 5, 2003. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
  9. ^ "The Griffin, Volume 44" (PDF). December 2019. p. 9. Retrieved August 14, 2024.