Sterling Belliveau

Sterling William Wallace Belliveau (born August 5, 1953) is a Canadian politician. Belliveau represented the electoral district of Shelburne (now Queens-Shelburne) in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 2006-2017 as a member of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party.

The Honourable

Sterling Belliveau

MLA
Member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
for Queens-Shelburne
Shelburne (2006-2013)
In office
June 13, 2006 – May 30, 2017
Preceded byCecil O'Donnell
Minister of Environment
In office
June 19, 2009 – October 22, 2013
PremierDarrell Dexter
Preceded byDavid Morse
Succeeded byRandy Delorey
Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture
In office
June 19, 2009 – October 22, 2013
PremierDarrell Dexter
Preceded byRon Chisholm
Succeeded byKeith Colwell
Personal details
Born (1953-08-05) August 5, 1953
Political partyNDP
ResidenceWoods Harbour, Nova Scotia
Occupationfisherman

Early life

Belliveau grew up in Woods Harbour, Nova Scotia and was previously a self-employed fisherman.

Political career

Municipal politics

Belliveau served for three terms as a municipal councilor representing District 1 (Charlesville, Forbes Point and Woods Harbour) on the municipal council for the Municipality of the District of Barrington; two of those terms he served as warden.

Provincial politics

In 2006 Belliveau successfully ran for the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party nomination in the riding of Shelburne. He was elected in the 2006 provincial election, defeating Progressive Conservative candidate Eddie Nickerson by 65 votes.[1][2] He was re-elected in the 2009 provincial election, receiving 55.41% of the votes and increasing his vote to 2,207 over his closest challenger.[3][4] Belliveau's riding was abolished in the 2012 electoral boundary review. Belliveau was re-elected in the 2013 provincial election representing the new riding of Queens-Shelburne where he received 37.1% of the votes with a margin of 381 votes over his closest challenger.

On June 19, 2009 Belliveau was appointed to the Executive Council of Nova Scotia, serving as Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture as well as Minister of Environment.[5] He served in the Executive Council until October 22, 2013.

In June 2016, Belliveau announced that he is not reoffering in the 2017 Nova Scotia general election.[6]

Personal life

He is married to Luella Jean (Cameron) and they have two adult children and one grandchild.

Electoral record
2013 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±
  New Democratic Party Sterling Belliveau 3,066 37.10 N/A
  Progressive Conservative Bruce Inglis 2,685 32.49 N/A
  Liberal Benson Frail 2,302 27.86 N/A
  Green Madeline Taylor 211 2.55 N/A
2009 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±
     New Democratic Party Sterling Belliveau 3844 55.41
     Progressive Conservative Eddie Nickerson 1637 23.59
     Liberal Darian Huskilson 1356 19.54
GreenRobin Smith1011.46–
2006 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±
     New Democratic Party Sterling Belliveau 2438 36.27
     Progressive Conservative Eddie Nickerson 2373 35.00
     Liberal Kirk Cox 1790 26.63
GreenDerek Jones1412.1–

References
  1. "Tightest races: Queens, Hants West, Shelburne". CBC News. June 14, 2006. Retrieved 2014-10-13.
  2. "Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 2006 (Shelburne)" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 2006. Retrieved 2014-10-13.
  3. "Nova Scotia Votes 2009 - Shelburne". CBC. 2009. Retrieved 2009-09-08.
  4. "Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 2009 (Shelburne)" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 2009. Retrieved 2014-10-13.
  5. "Atlantic Canada's 1st NDP government takes office in Nova Scotia". CBC News. June 19, 2009. Retrieved 2014-10-13.
  6. "Queens Shelburne MLA Sterling Belliveau announces he won't run again". Queen's County Advance. June 16, 2016. Retrieved June 18, 2016.
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