Gordon Earle
{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
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| name = Gordon Earle
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| riding = Halifax West
| parliament = Canadian
| term_start = June 2, 1997
| term_end = November 27, 2000
| predecessor = Geoff Regan
| successor = Geoff Regan
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1943|02|27}}
| birth_place = Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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| party = New Democratic
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| spouse = Jane Earle
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Gordon S. Earle (born February 27, 1943{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canadavotes/riding/020/candidate.html|title=Canada Votes - South Shore - St. Margaret's Candidate Profiles|publisher=CBC|accessdate=2009-06-10}}) is a Canadian politician. Earle is a member of the New Democratic Party and a former member of the House of Commons of Canada, representing the riding of Halifax West from 1997 to 2000. Earle is the first black Member of Parliament elected from Nova Scotia.
Career
Earle was a senior public servant, he was the first employee of the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission. He served as Chief Human Rights Officer and assistant to the Ombudsman in Nova Scotia and as Ombudsman of Manitoba.
While in Parliament, Earle was the NDP critic of Multiculturalism, Citizenship and Immigration, Indian Affairs and Northern Development, National Defence, and Veterans Affairs. Earle lost his seat in the 2000 Canadian federal election.{{Canadian Parliament links|ID=2513|nolist=yes}}
In the 2004 federal election, Earle ran in the riding of South Shore—St. Margaret's, in which a small part of the old Halifax West, in which he resided, had been moved under redistricting. He was defeated by the incumbent, Conservative Gerald Keddy, coming third. He ran again in the 2006 federal election, again losing to Keddy, but improving his vote total and placing second.[https://archive.today/20130101041115/http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=1318 Riding history for South Shore—St. Margaret's (2003– ) from the] Library of Parliament Earle ran against Keddy for a third time in the 2008 federal election, losing by less than one thousand votes.
Earle again contested the riding in the 2011 federal election losing to Keddy.
Personal life
Earle is a martial artist with a black belt in Karate. He founded the Hammonds Plains Karate Club.{{cite book |last= Williams |first= Dawn P. |title= Who's Who in Black Canada: Black Success and Black Excellence in Canada: A Contemporary Directory |orig-date=1 January 2001 |year=2002 |publisher= Who's Who in Black Canada |isbn= 978-0-9731384-1-2}}
Electoral record
{{2000 Canadian federal election/Halifax West}}
{{1997 Canadian federal election/Halifax West}}
See also
References
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Category:Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Nova Scotia
Category:New Democratic Party MPs
Category:Politicians from Halifax, Nova Scotia
Category:Black Canadian politicians
Category:20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada
Category:21st-century members of the House of Commons of Canada