Bob Carruthers (politician)

{{short description|Canadian politician}}

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{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2024}}

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| office = MLA for Hants East

| term_start = 1993

| term_end = 1998

| predecessor = Jack Hawkins

| successor = John MacDonell

| party = Liberal

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| occupation = lawyer

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Robert Arthur Carruthers is a former Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Hants East in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1993 to 1998. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.{{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/hants%20east.pdf|title=Electoral History for Hants East|work=Nova Scotia Legislative Library|accessdate=2018-04-23}}

A graduate of Saint Mary's University and Dalhousie Law School, Carruthers started his own law firm in 1980.{{cite web|url=http://www.carmaclaw.com/attorneys.html|title=Attorney biography|accessdate=2015-04-12}} After serving two terms as a municipal councillor, Carruthers entered provincial politics in the 1993 election, winning the Hants East riding by 638 votes.{{cite web|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201993.pdf |title=Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1993 |publisher=Elections Nova Scotia |year=1993 |page=109 |accessdate=2015-04-12 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006070337/http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201993.pdf |archivedate=2014-10-06 }} A backbench member of the John Savage government, Carruthers was named caucus whip in 1996.{{cite web|url=https://novascotia.ca/cmns/msrv/viewRel.asp?relID=/cmns/msrv/nr-1996/nr96-06/96062802.htm|title=Government caucus appointments|publisher=Government of Nova Scotia|date=June 28, 1996|accessdate=2015-04-12}} Carruthers did not re-offer in the 1998 election.{{cite web|url=http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?1998/02/27+235.raw+PE98Feb27+2|title=Smith gets Grit nod in East Hants riding|work=The Chronicle Herald|date=February 27, 1998|accessdate=2015-04-12|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050123222218/http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?1998%2F02%2F27+235.raw+PE98Feb27+2|archivedate=January 23, 2005|url-status=dead}}