Danielle Barkhouse

{{Short description|Canadian politician}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

{{Infobox officeholder

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| name = Danielle S. Barkhouse

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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1976}}[https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/pdfs/people/mlabios.pdf Biographical Directory of MLAs from 1984 to the Present] Nova Scotia Legislature

| birth_place = New Brunswick, Canada

| honorific-suffix = MLA

| office1 = Speaker of the House of Assembly of Nova Scotia

| term_start1 = September 5, 2024

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| predecessor1 = Karla MacFarlane

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| assembly2 = Nova Scotia House of

| constituency_AM2 = Chester-St. Margaret's

| term_start2 = August 17, 2021

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| predecessor2 = Hugh MacKay

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| party = Progressive Conservative

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| occupation = Politician

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Danielle S. Barkhouse (born 1976) is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in 2021.Evan Taylor, [https://www.ckbw.ca/2021/08/18/pcs-claim-all-five-local-ridings/ "PCs Claim All Five Local Ridings"]. CKBW-FM, August 18, 2021. She represents the riding of Chester-St. Margaret's as a member of the Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia. Currently, Barkhouse is the Speaker of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. She is a member of the Assembly Matters and Veterans Affairs Committees. She is also a member of the House of Assembly Management Commission.{{Cite web |url=https://nslegislature.ca/members/profiles/danielle-barkhouse |date=September 5, 2024 |title=Danielle Barkhouse |access-date=September 5, 2024 |website=Nova Scotia Legislature|language=en}}

Prior to her election to the legislature, Barkhouse was a municipal councillor in Chester.Cheyenne Nelson, [https://www.ckbw.ca/2021/08/16/82397/ "Meet The Candidate: Danielle Barkhouse"]. CKBW-FM, August 16, 2021.

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Electoral history

{{2024 Nova Scotia general election/Chester-St. Margarets}}

{{2021 Nova Scotia general election/Chester-St. Margaret's}}

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|+2020 Chester Municipal Election

District 3{{Cite web|last=Cole|first=Darrell|title=Chester Warden Allen Webber re-elected {{!}} SaltWire|url=https://www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/news/chester-warden-allen-webber-re-elected-510564/|access-date=2022-01-05|website=www.saltwire.com|language=en}}

!Party

!Candidate

!Votes

!Percent

!

No Affiliation

|Danielle Barkhouse

|623

|81.65%

|

No Affiliation

|Kerry Keddy

|140

|18.35%

|

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|+2016 Chester Municipal Election

District 3{{Cite web|title=RESULTS: 2016 Municipal and School Board Election|url=https://www.ckbw.ca/2016/10/15/results-2016-municipal-and-school-board-election/|access-date=2022-01-05|website=CKBW|language=en}}

!Party

!Candidate

!Votes

!Percent

!

No Affiliation

|Danielle Barkhouse

|326

|63.18%

|

No Affiliation

|Brenda Mulrooney

|190

|36.82%

|

References