Chris d'Entremont
{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image = ChrisdEntremont.png
| imagesize = 200px|
| honorific-prefix = The Honourable
| name = Chris d'Entremont
| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=CAN|ECNS|MP|size=100%}}
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|10|31}}
| birth_place = Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
| residence = Belleville, Nova Scotia
| office = Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons
Chair of Committees of the Whole
| term_start = 24 November 2021
| term_end = 28 April 2025
| predecessor = Bruce Stanton
| successor = Tom Kmiec
| riding1 = Acadie—Annapolis
West Nova (2019-2025)
| parliament1 = Canadian
| term_start1 = 21 October 2019
| term_end1 =
| predecessor1 = Colin Fraser
| successor1 =
| assembly2 = Nova Scotia House of
| constituency_AM2 = Argyle-Barrington
Argyle (2003-2013)
| term_start2 = 5 August 2003
| term_end2 = 31 July 2019
| predecessor2 = Neil LeBlanc
| successor2 = Colton LeBlanc
| party = Conservative
| religion =
| occupation = Politician
| otherparty = Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative
}}
Christopher André d'Entremont {{post-nominals|country=CAN|MP}} (born 31 October 1969) is a Canadian politician who represents Acadie-Annapolis, previously known as West Nova, in the House of Commons since 2019, as a member of the Conservative Party. Before entering federal politics, he represented the Argyle-Barrington in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 2003 to 2019 as a member of the Nova Scotia Progressive Conservatives. d'Entremont was elected the deputy speaker and chair of Committees of the Whole in 2021 on a secret ballot. He is the first person of Acadian descent to serve as deputy speaker and the first Nova Scotian deputy speaker of the House of Commons of Canada since 1916.{{cite web |date=25 November 2021 |title=Chris d'Entremont Appointed Deputy Speaker Of The House Of Commons |url=https://www.cjls.com/2021/11/25/chris-dentremont-appointed-deputy-speaker-of-the-house-of-commons/ |access-date=11 December 2021 |work=CJLS News}}
Early life and education
Born in Yarmouth, d'Entremont graduated from Loyalist College with a diploma in radio broadcasting in 1992.{{cite web|url=https://www.themacdonaldnotebook.ca/2018/11/30/chris-dentremont-makes-it-official-in-west-nova/|title=MacPolitics: Chris d'Entremont Makes It Official In West Nova|date=30 November 2018|access-date=23 May 2025|publisher=The MacDonald Notebook}}
Before politics
Before his election in 2003, d'Entremont worked as an announcer at CJLS-FM. Later, he was employed by TriStar Industries, as an electronics salesperson and then for Camille d'Eon Boatbuilders. He was also a development officer for the South West Shore Development Authority.
Political career
=Provincial politics=
d'Entremont was first elected MLA for Argyle in the 2003 election,{{cite web|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/03dist03.pdf|title=Election Returns, 2003 (Argyle)|publisher=Elections Nova Scotia|access-date=2014-10-14}} and re-elected in the 2006,{{cite web|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/dist03_0.pdf |title=Election Returns, 2006 (Argyle) |publisher=Elections Nova Scotia |access-date=2014-10-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141010145336/http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/dist03_0.pdf |archive-date=2014-10-10}} 2009,{{cite web|url=http://www.thevanguard.ca/News/Regional/2009-06-10/article-607065/Chris-dEntremont-wins-again-for-P.C.s-in-Argyle/1|title=Chris d'Entremont wins again for P.C.s in Argyle|work=The Vanguard|date=June 10, 2009|access-date=2023-11-27|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018165209/http://www.thevanguard.ca/News/Regional/2009-06-10/article-607065/Chris-dEntremont-wins-again-for-P.C.s-in-Argyle/1|archivedate=2014-10-18}} 2013{{cite web|url=http://www.thecoastguard.ca/Election-2013/2013-10-08/article-3421919/Updated%3A-DEntremont-wins-Argyle-Barrington/1|title=D'Entremont wins Argyle-Barrington|work=The Coastguard|date=8 October 2013|access-date=2023-11-27|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141019014523/http://www.thecoastguard.ca/Election-2013/2013-10-08/article-3421919/Updated%3A-DEntremont-wins-Argyle-Barrington/1|archivedate=19 October 2014}} and 2017 elections.{{cite web|url=http://thechronicleherald.ca/nsvotes/1473743-south-shore-incumbents-hold-on-to-their-seats|title=South Shore incumbents hold on to their seats|work=The Chronicle Herald|date=31 May 2017|access-date=2018-04-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180424072607/http://thechronicleherald.ca/nsvotes/1473743-south-shore-incumbents-hold-on-to-their-seats|archive-date=24 April 2018|url-status=dead}} In August 2003, d'Entremont was appointed to the Executive Council of Nova Scotia as Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, and Minister of Acadian Affairs.{{cite web|url=http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?2003/08/16+155.raw+PE03Aug16+2|title=New faces, new jobs among 15 in cabinet|work=The Chronicle Herald|date=16 August 2003|access-date=2014-10-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050124051242/http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?2003%2F08%2F16+155.raw+PE03Aug16+2|archive-date=24 January 2005|url-status=dead}} He later served as Minister of Health,{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/macdonald-mixes-cabinet-with-old-and-new-1.600676|title=MacDonald mixes cabinet with old and new|publisher=CBC News|date=23 February 2006|access-date=2014-10-14}} Minister of Community Services,{{cite web|url=http://www.capebretonpost.com/business/ns-premier-rodney-macdonald-shuffles-cabinet-one-new-face-18065/|title=N.S. Premier Rodney MacDonald shuffles cabinet; one new face|work=Cape Breton Post|date=7 January 2009|access-date=2018-04-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180424135243/http://www.capebretonpost.com/business/ns-premier-rodney-macdonald-shuffles-cabinet-one-new-face-18065/|archive-date=24 April 2018|url-status=dead}} Minister responsible for the Youth Secretariat, and Chair of the Senior Citizens' Secretariat. He briefly served as the interim Minister of Finance prior to the death of Michael Baker in March 2009.{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/nova-scotia-s-finance-minister-dies-of-cancer-1.808049|title=Nova Scotia's finance minister dies of cancer|publisher=CBC News|date=3 March 2009|access-date=2014-10-14}} Those duties were shifted to Jamie Muir seven days later.{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/muir-appointed-n-s-finance-minister-1.856792|title=Muir appointed N.S. finance minister|publisher=CBC News|date=10 March 2009|access-date=2014-10-14}}
In November 2018, d'Entremont announced he was seeking the Conservative nomination in West Nova for the 2019 federal election.{{cite web|url=https://www.thechronicleherald.ca/news/local/chris-dentremont-to-seek-conservative-nomination-in-west-nova-260952/|title=Chris d'Entremont to seek Conservative nomination in West Nova|work=The Chronicle Herald|date=20 November 2018|access-date=2018-11-21 |last1=Comeau |first1=Tina }}{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/chris-dentremont-federal-politics-conservative-party-canada-1.4912692|title=PC MLA Chris d'Entremont eyes jump to federal politics|publisher=CBC News|date=November 20, 2018|access-date=2018-11-21}} He won the nomination in June 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/pc-mla-chris-d-entremont-wins-federal-tory-nomination-1.5186749|title=PC MLA Chris d'Entremont wins federal Tory nomination|publisher=CBC News|date=23 June 2019|access-date=2019-06-23}} d'Entremont resigned his provincial seat in July 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/news/three-of-nova-scotias-pc-mlas-resign-to-run-in-federal-election-334903/|title=Three of Nova Scotia's PC MLAs resign to run in federal election|work=The Chronicle Herald|date=19 July 2019|access-date=2023-03-12 |last1=McPhee |first1=John }}
=Federal politics=
On 21 October 2019, d'Entremont was elected as the Member of Parliament in West Nova, defeating Liberal candidate Jason Deveau (the incumbent MP, Liberal Colin Fraser, did not seek re-election). He was the only non-Liberal MP elected from Nova Scotia{{cite web |last1=Powell |first1=Lawrence |title=Conservative candidate Chris d'Entremont wins West Nova riding |url=https://www.thevanguard.ca/news/local/conservative-candidate-chris-dentremont-wins-west-nova-riding-366418/ |website=thevanguard.ca |publisher=Tri County Vanguard |date= 21 October 2019|access-date=22 October 2019}} and representing the easternmost riding among Conservatives elected in the 2019 federal election.
In 2019, Conservative leader Andrew Scheer appointed d'Entremont to be Shadow Minister of Official Languages and a member of the Standing Committee on Official Languages. He served as Shadow Minister for Intergovernmental Affairs in Erin O'Toole's Shadow Cabinet. D'Entremont also sat as a member of the Standing Committee on Health.
On 20 September 2021, d'Entremont was re-elected as the Member of Parliament for West Nova, defeating Liberal challenger Alxys Chamberlain by almost 20 percentage points.
On 28 April 2025, he won re-election in the newly renamed Acadie—Annapolis riding against former provincial Liberal MLA Ronnie LeBlanc.
Electoral record
=Federal=
{{2025 Canadian federal election/Acadie—Annapolis}}
{{2021 Canadian federal election/West Nova}}
{{2019 Canadian federal election/West Nova}}
=Provincial=
{{Election box begin | title=2017 Nova Scotia general election}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NB|PC|row}}
|Chris d'Entremont
|align="right"| 4,031
|align="right"| 65.08
|align="right"| +10.39
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NB|Liberal|row}}
|Louis d'Entremont
|align="right"| 1,840
|align="right"| 29.71
|align="right"| -10.67
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NB|NDP|row}}
|Greg Foster
|align="right"| 323
|align="right"| 5.21
|align="right"| +0.28
|}
{{Election box begin | title=2013 Nova Scotia general election}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NB|PC|row}}
|Chris d'Entremont
|align="right"| 3,935
|align="right"| 54.69
|align="right"| -9.45
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NB|Liberal|row}}
|Kent Blades
|align="right"| 2,905
|align="right"| 40.38
|align="right"| +23.49
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NB|NDP|row}}
|Kenn Baynton
|align="right"| 355
|align="right"| 4.93
|align="right"| -12.35
|}
{{Election box begin | title=2009 Nova Scotia general election}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NB|PC|row}}
|Chris d'Entremont
|align="right"|2,817
|align="right"|64.14
|align="right"|-3.51
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NB|NDP|row}}
|Melvin Huskins
|align="right"|759
|align="right"|17.28
|align="right"|+5.90
|-
{{CANelec |NS |Liberal |Lionel Leblanc |742 |16.89 |-2.67}}
|-
{{CANelec|NS|Green|Barb Lake|74|1.68|+0.27}}
|}
{{Election box begin | title=2006 Nova Scotia general election}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NB|PC|row}}
|Chris d'Entremont
|align="right"|3,158
|align="right"|67.65
|align="right"|+19.70
|-
{{CANelec |NS |Liberal |Christian Surette |913 |19.56 |-20.33}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NB|NDP|row}}
|Charles Muise
|align="right"|531
|align="right"|11.38
|align="right"|-0.79
|-
{{CANelec|NS|Green|Patty Doucet-Saunders|66|1.41|Ø}}
|}
{{Election box begin | title=2003 Nova Scotia general election}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NB|PC|row}}
|Chris d'Entremont
|align="right"|2,345
|align="right"|47.95
|align="right"|-29.06
|-
{{CANelec |NS |Liberal |Aldric Benoit d'Entremont |1,951 |39.89 |+24.34}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NB|NDP|row}}
|Charles Muise
|align="right"|595
|align="right"|12.17
|align="right"|+5.66
|}
References
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External links
- [http://www.chrisdentremont.com/ Chris d'Entremont's official website]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20131029214036/http://www.pccaucus.ns.ca/node/3545 PC caucus profile]
- {{Canadian Parliament links|ID=20164}}
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Category:Politicians of Acadian descent
Category:Conservative Party of Canada MPs
Category:Members of the Executive Council of Nova Scotia
Category:Ministers of health of Nova Scotia
Category:Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia MLAs
Category:Politicians from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
Category:Ministers of finance of Nova Scotia
Category:Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Nova Scotia
Category:Loyalist College alumni
Category:21st-century members of the House of Commons of Canada
Category:21st-century members of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly