Derrick Kimball
{{short description|Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1954)}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Derrick J. Kimball
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|11|20}}
| birth_place = Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
| office = MLA for Kings South
| term_start = 1988
| term_end = 1993
| predecessor = Bob Levy
| successor = Robbie Harrison
| party = Progressive Conservative (1988–1993)
Independent (1993)
| occupation = Lawyer
}}
Derrick John Kimball (born November 20, 1954) is a Canadian lawyerKimball Law Inc. Wolfville, Nova Scotia. https://kimballlaw.ca/lawyers/derrick-j-kimball/ Accessed: October 16, 2018 and politician. He represented Kings South in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1988 to 1993 as a Progressive Conservative member.{{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/kings%20south.pdf|title=Electoral History for Kings South|publisher=Nova Scotia Legislative Library|accessdate=2018-04-04}}
Early life and education
Born in Halifax, the son of Robert Guy Edgar Kimball and Marjorie Coady,[https://books.google.com/books?id=1vXnt0fkFa4C&pg=PA691 Lumley, E Canadian Who's Who (2006)] {{ISBN|0-8020-4958-3}} he was educated at St. Francis Xavier University and Dalhousie Law School.
Legal career
Kimball served as solicitor for the town of Wolfville from 1978 to 1990.
Political career
He entered provincial politics in the 1988 election, defeating NDP candidate Steve Mattson by 452 votes in the Kings South riding.{{cite web|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201988.pdf |title=Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1988 |publisher=Elections Nova Scotia |year=1988 |page=103 |url-status=dead |archivedate=May 12, 2014 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512225642/http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201988.pdf }}{{cite news|title=Buchanan's 'new PCs' same old faces|work=The Globe and Mail|date=September 8, 1988}} In late 1992, Kimball lost the Progressive Conservative nomination in Kings South to former MLA and cabinet minister Harry How.{{cite news|title=Political war horse Harry How back in saddle|work=The Chronicle Herald|date=October 30, 1992}}{{cite news|title=Politician's folksy manner masked a keen mind|work=The Globe and Mail|date=February 8, 2001}} Kimball quit the Progressive Conservative caucus in January 1993,{{cite news|title=Kimball quits Tory caucus|work=The Chronicle Herald|date=January 6, 1993}} and ran as an independent candidate in the 1993 election. He finished third in the election, which saw Liberal Robbie Harrison defeat How by 128 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=119 |url-status=dead |archivedate=October 6, 2014 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006070337/http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201993.pdf }}
In December 2020, Kimball was nominated as the Progressive Conservative candidate in Kings South for the 2021 election,{{cite web|url=https://www.pcpartyns.ca/derrick_kimball_to_represent_pcs_in_kings_south|title=Derrick Kimball to represent PCs in Kings South|publisher=Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia|date=December 22, 2020|access-date=March 30, 2024|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116122601/https://www.pcpartyns.ca/derrick_kimball_to_represent_pcs_in_kings_south|archivedate=January 16, 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.saltwire.com/atlantic-canada/news/former-mla-gets-pc-nod-for-kings-south-in-next-provincial-election-100578232/|title=Former MLA gets PC nod for Kings South in next provincial election|publisher=SaltWire|date=April 20, 2021|access-date=March 30, 2024}} but was defeated by Liberal Keith Irving.{{cite web|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/8060592/nova-scotia-election-kings-south-2021/|title=Nova Scotia election riding results: Kings South|publisher=Global News|date=July 29, 2021|access-date=March 30, 2024}}
References
- [http://www.utpress.utoronto.ca/cgi-bin/cw2w3.cgi?p=kerr&t=80601&d=1150 Entry from Canadian Who's Who]{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
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Category:Dalhousie University alumni
Category:Nova Scotia Independent MLAs
Category:Politicians from Halifax, Nova Scotia
Category:People from Kings County, Nova Scotia
Category:Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia MLAs
Category:St. Francis Xavier University alumni
Category:20th-century members of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
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