Becky Kent

Rebecca J. Kent is a Canadian politician. She represented the electoral district of Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 2007 to 2013. She was a member of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party.[1]

Becky Kent
MLA for Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage
In office October 2, 2007 – October 8, 2013
Preceded by	Kevin Deveaux
Succeeded by	Joyce Treen
Personal details
Political party	New Democratic Party
Occupation	early childhood educator, municipal councillor

Kent, an early childhood educator,[2] was elected as a municipal councillor for the Halifax Regional Municipality district of Woodside-Eastern Passage in 2004.[3] She entered provincial politics in October 2007, winning a by-election in the Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage riding.[4][5] She was re-elected in the 2009 election.[6] In January 2011, Kent was elected Deputy Speaker.[7] In March 2013, she was appointed ministerial assistant to the Minister of Education.[8] Kent was defeated by Liberal Joyce Treen when she ran for re-election in the 2013 election.[9]

Electoral record

2013 Nova Scotia general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Joyce Treen	3,057	40.62
	New Democratic Party	Becky Kent	2,914	38.72
	Progressive Conservative	Lloyd Jackson	1,555	20.66

2009 provincial election
Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	New Democratic Party	Becky Kent	4,402	65.17
	Progressive Conservative Party	Lloyd Jackson	1,074	15.9
	Liberal Party	Orest Ulan	1,054	15.6
	Green	Denise Menard	225	3.33	–

Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage by-election, 2 October 2007

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	New Democratic Party	Becky Kent	2,459	44.39
	Progressive Conservative Party	Michael Eddy	1,863	33.63
	Liberal Party	Kelly Rambeau	958	17.30
	Green	Beverley Woodfield	259	4.68	–

References

1. "Electoral History for Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage" (PDF). Nova Scotia Legislative Library. Retrieved 2015-04-05.
2. Joanne Oostveen (2007-09-20). "Becky Kent: Advocate, volunteer, mother". Halifax News Net. Archived from the original on 2013-01-15. Retrieved 2010-05-21.
3. "Nova Scotia election: Meet your metro Halifax candidates". The Chronicle Herald. October 2, 2013. Archived from the original on April 10, 2015. Retrieved 2015-04-05.
4. "NDP holds seat in Halifax-area byelection". CBC News. October 2, 2007. Retrieved 2015-04-05.
5. "NDP hold on to Halifax-area seat". Amherst Daily News. October 3, 2007. Retrieved 2010-05-21.
6. "Nova Scotia sends record 12 women to Province House in election". CBC News. June 9, 2009. Retrieved 2015-04-05.
7. "Legislature elects NDP backbencher Gordie Gosse as new Speaker". Cape Breton Post. January 19, 2011. Archived from the original on April 5, 2015. Retrieved 2015-04-05.
8. "Skabar gets new ministerial assistant position". Cumberland News Now. March 15, 2013. Archived from the original on 2014-11-06. Retrieved 2015-04-05.
9. "Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage". CBC News. October 9, 2013. Retrieved 2015-04-05.