Ben Jessome

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| name = Ben Jessome

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| birth_name = Benjamin Thomas Jessome

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| honorific-suffix = ECNS

| assembly = Nova Scotia House of

| constituency_AM = Hammonds Plains-Lucasville

| term_start = October 8, 2013

| term_end = October 27, 2024

| predecessor = Riding Established

| successor = Rick Burns

| party = Liberal

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Benjamin Thomas Jessome[https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/pdfs/people/mlabios.pdf The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present: Jessome, Benjamin Thomas, page 126] Nova Scotia Legislature is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in the 2013 provincial election. A member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party, he represented the electoral district of Hammonds Plains-Lucasville.{{cite web|url=http://metronews.ca/news/halifax/818290/nova-scotia-votes-riding-by-riding-results-for-halifax-region/|title=Nova Scotia votes: Riding-by-riding results for Halifax region|work=Metro|location=Halifax|date=October 8, 2013|accessdate=February 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140228045416/http://metronews.ca/news/halifax/818290/nova-scotia-votes-riding-by-riding-results-for-halifax-region/|archive-date=February 28, 2014|url-status=dead}}

Early life and education

Jessome attended Hammonds Plains Consolidated School, Madeline Symonds Middle School and Charles P. Allen High School. He graduated from Hebron Academy in 2006.{{cite web|url=https://hebronacademytoday.wordpress.com/2014/03/21/alum-spotlight-ben-jessome-06-nova-scotia-mla/|title=Alum Spotlight: Ben Jessome '06 (Nova Scotia MLA)|work=Hebron Today|date=March 21, 2014|accessdate=February 6, 2017}} In 2011, Jessome completed a bachelor's degree in recreation management from Acadia University. While at Acadia, Jessome was elected President of the Students' Union, was a member of the University Board of Governors and Senate, and represented the interests of his constituents to the provincial and national governments, as a delegate with the Alliance of Nova Scotia Student Associations (now Students Nova Scotia) and the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations.{{cite web|url=http://nslegislature.ca/index.php/people/members/ben_jessome |title=MLA biography |publisher=The Nova Scotia Legislature |accessdate=February 6, 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://liberal.ns.ca/candidate/hon-ben-jessome/|title=Ben Jessome biography|publisher=Nova Scotia Liberal Party|accessdate=February 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170205181709/https://liberal.ns.ca/candidate/hon-ben-jessome/|archive-date=February 5, 2017|url-status=dead}}

Political career

In May 2013, Jessome successfully ran for the Liberal nomination in the riding of Hammonds Plains-Lucasville.{{cite web |title=Liberals nominate Hammonds Plains-Lucasville candidate |url=http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/1129112-liberals-nominate-hammonds-plains-lucasville-candidate |work=The Chronicle Herald|date=May 11, 2013|accessdate=February 6, 2017}} {{Dead link|date=June 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} He was elected in the 2013 provincial election.{{cite web|url=http://thechronicleherald.ca/metro/1159361-metro-halifax-ridings-turn-liberal-red|title=Metro Halifax ridings turn Liberal red|work=The Chronicle Herald|date=October 8, 2013|accessdate=November 19, 2023|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131009150900/http://thechronicleherald.ca/metro/1159361-metro-halifax-ridings-turn-liberal-red|archivedate=October 9, 2013}} Currently Jessome is Vice Chair of the Private & Local Bills Committee. He is a member of the Veterans Affairs Committee. Jessome is also a member of the economic Development and Human Resources Committee, with a focus on Youth Employment strategies.

On February 23, 2021, Jessome was appointed to the Executive Council of Nova Scotia as Minister of the Public Service Commission.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/iain-rankin-sworn-in-as-premier-1.5924157|title=Iain Rankin sworn in as Nova Scotia premier, along with 16 cabinet ministers|publisher=CBC News|date=February 23, 2021|access-date=February 28, 2021}}

Jessome was re-elected in the 2021 election, however the Rankin Liberals lost government becoming the Official Opposition.{{Cite web|url=https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/bad-campaign-leader-who-didn-t-connect-with-voters-led-to-n-s-liberal-loss-experts-1.5552298|title=Bad campaign, leader who didn't connect with voters led to N.S. Liberal loss: Experts|date=August 18, 2021}}{{cite web| url = https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/election-campaign-liberals-ndp-pc-1.6144162| title = Progressive Conservatives surge to surprise majority win in Nova Scotia election |publisher=CBC News}}

As of September 22, 2024, Jessome serves as the Official Opposition critic for the Emergency Management Office, Internal Services, and Communications Nova Scotia.