Gary Hines
MLA for Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank
In office
2003–2006
Preceded bynew riding
Succeeded byPercy Paris
Personal details
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1946
Truro, Nova Scotia
Diedwrong photo. The man pictured is Gary Hines the musician and founder of The Sounds of Blackness.
Resting placewrong photo. The man pictured is Gary Hines the musician and founder of The Sounds of Blackness.
Political partyProgressive Conservative
Parent
  • wrong photo. The man pictured is Gary Hines the musician and founder of The Sounds of Blackness.

Gary Hines is a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 2003 to 2006 as a member of the Progressive Conservatives.[1]

Born in Truro, Nova Scotia, Hines was educated at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College.[2] He founded Garrick Construction and was president of Fundy Adventures.[3] In 2000, Hines was elected a municipal councillor in the Halifax Regional Municipality.[4][5] Hines entered provincial politics in 2003,[6] defeating New Democrat Percy Paris by 363 votes in the newly established Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank riding.[7][8][9] He was defeated by Paris when he ran for re-election in 2006.[10][11] Hines ran again in the 2009 election, but finished third behind Paris, and Liberal Bill Horne.[12]

References

  1. "Electoral History for Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank" (PDF). Nova Scotia Legislative Library. Retrieved 2015-06-12.
  2. "Riding profile: Decision 2003: Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank". The Daily News. Halifax. July 16, 2003.
  3. O'Handley, Kathleen (2005). Canadian Parliamentary Guide 2005. ISBN 1-4144-0141-8.
  4. "Five women to serve on council". The Daily News. Halifax. October 22, 2000.
  5. "Veterans Downey, Schofield lose seats". The Chronicle Herald. October 22, 2000. Archived from the original on November 9, 2000. Retrieved 2015-06-12.
  6. "New riding will put new face in legislature". The Chronicle Herald. July 24, 2003. Archived from the original on January 24, 2005. Retrieved 2015-06-12.
  7. "Election Returns, 2003 (Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank)" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 2015-06-12.
  8. "Councillors go three-for-six". The Daily News. Halifax. August 6, 2003.
  9. "Cabinet minister upset by NDP". The Daily News. Halifax. August 6, 2003.
  10. "Election Returns, 2006 (Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank)" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 2015-06-12.
  11. "NDP wrests two key metro seats, one from Tories". The Daily News. Halifax. June 14, 2006.
  12. "Election Returns, 2009 (Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank)" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 2015-06-12.


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