Iain Rankin

Iain Rankin
Rankin in 2021
Leader of the Opposition
In office
August 31, 2021 – July 9, 2022
Preceded byTim Houston
Succeeded byZach Churchill
29th Premier of Nova Scotia
In office
February 23, 2021 – August 31, 2021
MonarchElizabeth II
Lieutenant GovernorArthur J. LeBlanc
DeputyKelly Regan
Preceded byStephen McNeil
Succeeded byTim Houston
Leader of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party
In office
February 6, 2021 – July 9, 2022
Preceded byStephen McNeil
Succeeded byZach Churchill
Minister of Lands and Forestry
In office
July 5, 2018 – October 5, 2020
PremierStephen McNeil
Preceded byMargaret Miller
Succeeded byDerek Mombourquette
Minister of Environment
In office
June 15, 2017 – July 5, 2018
PremierStephen McNeil
Preceded byMargaret Miller
Succeeded byMargaret Miller
Member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
for Timberlea-Prospect
Assumed office
October 8, 2013
Preceded byBill Estabrooks
Personal details
Born
Iain Thomas Rankin

(1983-04-09) April 9, 1983 (age 41)[1]
Inverness, Nova Scotia, Canada[2]
Political partyLiberal
SpouseMary Chisholm
ChildrenFreya Rose Rankin
ResidenceHalifax, Nova Scotia
Alma materHolland College
Mount Saint Vincent University
WebsiteOfficial website

Iain Thomas Rankin MLA (born April 9, 1983) is a Canadian politician who served as the 29th premier of Nova Scotia from February 23, 2021, to August 31, 2021. He serves in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly for the Nova Scotia Liberal Party, representing the electoral district of Timberlea-Prospect .[3] Rankin was first elected in the 2013 Nova Scotia general election and was re-elected in the 2017 general election. On February 6, 2021, Rankin was announced the Leader of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.[4]

On February 23, 2021, Rankin became the 29th premier of Nova Scotia. Rankin called an election for August 17, 2021, which his Liberal Party lost to the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia. Rankin left office as Premier on August 31, 2021, when Houston took the oath. At that time, Rankin became the Leader of the Opposition in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.

On January 5, 2022, Rankin announced that he will resign as leader of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party once a new leader is chosen.[5] He was replaced as leader by Zach Churchill in the 2022 leadership election.

  1. ^ Biographical Directory of MLAs from 1984 to the Present Nova Scotia Legislature
  2. ^ "Liberal leadership candidates to square off in Cape Breton". Cape Breton Post. November 23, 2020. Retrieved 2021-07-13.
  3. ^ "Nova Scotia votes: Riding-by-riding results for Halifax region". Metro. October 8, 2013. Archived from the original on February 28, 2014. Retrieved 2016-03-20.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Gorman, Michael (January 5, 2022). "Iain Rankin to step down as N.S. Liberal Party leader". CBC News Nova Scotia.