Steve Craig
Member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
for Sackville-Cobequid
Assumed office
June 18, 2019
Preceded byDave Wilson
Personal details
Born
Stephen Allen Craig

1955
Political partyProgressive Conservative

Stephen Allen Craig (born 1955)[1] is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in a by-election on June 18, 2019. A member of the Progressive Conservatives, he represents the electoral district of Sackville-Cobequid.[2][3]

Craig had previously sat on Halifax Regional Council, representing Lower Sackville since the 2012 Halifax Regional Municipality municipal election.

Political career

On August 31, 2021, Craig was made Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture.[4]

On September 13, 2023, Craig announced he would not run in the next Nova Scotia general election,[5] and was shuffled out of cabinet the following day.[6]

Personal life

Craig and his wife Shari live in Lower Sackville. They have two children, Marlo and Jonathan.[7]

Electoral record

Nova Scotia provincial by-election, June 18, 2019: Sackville-Cobequid
Resignation of Dave Wilson
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeSteve Craig2,65542.04+16.65
New DemocraticLara Fawthrop2,47239.14-5.04
LiberalMichel Hindlet65810.42-15.56
GreenAnthony Edmonds4887.73+4.39
AtlanticaDavid F. Boyd430.68-0.44
Total valid votes 6,31699.68
Total rejected ballots 200.32-0.09
Turnout 6,33641.75-9.21
Eligible voters 15,177
Progressive Conservative gain from New Democratic Swing +10.84

District 15, Halifax Municipal Election 2012: Lower Sackville

Candidate Votes  % ±
Steve Craig 2,524 41.181
Stephen Taylor 1,852 30.217
Curt Wentzell 755 12.318
Janet Langille 698 11.388
Ian Wilson 300 4.895
Turnout 6,129
2006 Nova Scotia general election: Sackville-Cobequid
Party Candidate Votes%±%
  New Democratic Party Dave Wilson 4,477 54.50 +9.12
  Progressive Conservative Steve Craig 2,499 30.42 +2.05
  Liberal David Major 1,051 12.80 -12.31
GreenElizabeth Nicolson1872.28
Total valid votes 8,21499.74
Total rejected ballots 210.26-0.00
Turnout 8,23557.40-1.71
Eligible voters 14,347
New Democratic hold Swing +3.53

References

  1. The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present: Craig, Stephen Allen, page 58 Nova Scotia Legislature
  2. "Craig takes Sackville-Cobequid stronghold from NDP". The Chronicle Herald. June 19, 2019. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
  3. "Tories take Sackville-Cobequid byelection in political landscape shakeup". CBC News. June 19, 2019. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
  4. "New Cabinet to Deliver Solutions for Nova Scotians". 11 May 2018.
  5. "Cabinet ministers Pat Dunn and Steve Craig won't seek re-election". CBC News. September 13, 2023. Retrieved 2023-11-27.
  6. "N.S. premier shuffles cabinet, appoints first Black woman". CBC News. September 14, 2023. Retrieved 2023-11-27.
  7. "Councillor Steve Craig". halifax.ca. Halifax Regional Municipality. Retrieved June 19, 2019.
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