Kerry Morash

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| honorific-prefix = The Honourable

| name = Kerry Morash

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| birth_place = Liverpool, Nova Scotia

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| assembly = Nova Scotia House of

| constituency_AM = Queens

| term_start = July 27, 1999

| term_end = June 13, 2006

| predecessor = John Leefe

| successor = Vicki Conrad

| party = Progressive Conservative

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Kerry Morash is a Canadian former safety co-ordinator{{cite web|url=http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?1999/06/25+212.raw+PE99Jun25+2 |title=Morash seeks Tory nod in Queens |work=The Chronicle Herald |date=June 25, 1999 |accessdate=2014-10-08 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050124094624/http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?1999%2F06%2F25%2B212.raw%2BPE99Jun25%2B2 |archivedate=January 24, 2005 |url-status=dead }} and political figure in Nova Scotia.

Early life and education

He was born in Liverpool, Nova Scotia and was educated at Acadia University.

Provincial politics

He represented Queens in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1999 to 2006 as a Progressive Conservative member.

He served as Environment and Labour Minister in the government of Rodney MacDonald. Though the programs did not begin on his watch, independent auditors GPI Atlantic praised the solid waste recycling programs in the province.{{cite web |title=Independent Report Confirms Success in Waste Reduction |url=http://www.gpiatlantic.org/clippings/mc_waste6.htm |website=Nova Scotia Department of Environment and Labour Press Release |publisher=GPIAtlantic |access-date=May 29, 2022 |date=July 7, 2004}} The extension of this to e-waste occurred largely during Morash's term.

Morash served in the province's Executive Council as Minister of Environment and Labour and Minister of Economic Development.{{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=February 23, 2006|accessdate=June 8, 2014}} He was defeated by New Democrat Vicki Conrad when he ran for reelection in 2006.{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/defeated-tory-minister-demands-recount-1.587392|title=Defeated Tory minister demands recount|publisher=CBC News|date=June 27, 2006|accessdate=June 8, 2014}} In 2007, he was named to the National Round Table on the Environment and Economy,{{cite web|url=http://www.novanewsnow.com/article-105389-Morash-appointed-to-National-Round-Table.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130208145356/http://www.novanewsnow.com/article-105389-Morash-appointed-to-National-Round-Table.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 8, 2013 |title=Morash appointed to National Round Table |work=The Queens County Advance |date=May 18, 2007 |accessdate=2009-01-22 }} later disbanded by the same Harper government. Morash sought election again in the 2009 election,{{cite web|url=http://www.theadvance.ca/Business/2009-05-12/article-613439/Morash-acclaimed-as-Conservative-candidate-for-Queens-Riding/1 |title=Morash acclaimed as Conservative candidate for Queens Riding |work=The Queens County Advance |date=May 12, 2009 |accessdate=2014-06-08 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20140608045800/http://www.theadvance.ca/Business/2009-05-12/article-613439/Morash-acclaimed-as-Conservative-candidate-for-Queens-Riding/1 |archivedate=June 8, 2014 }} but lost to Conrad by a larger margin.{{cite web|url=http://www.theadvance.ca/News/Regional/2009-06-09/article-614469/PC-mood-subdued-on-election-night-in-Queens/1 |title=PC mood subdued on election night in Queens |work=The Queens County Advance |date=June 9, 2009 |accessdate=2014-06-08 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20140608045819/http://www.theadvance.ca/News/Regional/2009-06-09/article-614469/PC-mood-subdued-on-election-night-in-Queens/1 |archivedate=June 8, 2014 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.theadvance.ca/News/Regional/2009-06-09/article-614213/Queens-MLA-joins-Queens-premier-in-next-provincial-government/1 |title=Queens MLA joins Queens premier in next provincial government |work=The Queens County Advance |date=June 9, 2009 |accessdate=2014-06-08 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20140608045755/http://www.theadvance.ca/News/Regional/2009-06-09/article-614213/Queens-MLA-joins-Queens-premier-in-next-provincial-government/1 |archivedate=June 8, 2014 }} In 2013, Morash was a candidate for the Progressive Conservative nomination in Queens-Shelburne, but was defeated.{{cite web|url=http://www.trurodaily.com/News/2013-06-04/article-3269768/Bruce-Inglis-gets-PC-nomination/1 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140608045800/http://www.trurodaily.com/News/2013-06-04/article-3269768/Bruce-Inglis-gets-PC-nomination/1 |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 8, 2014 |title=Bruce Inglis gets PC nomination |work=Truro Daily News |date=June 4, 2013 |accessdate=2014-06-08 }}

Federal politics

In January 2015, Morash announced he was entering the Conservative Party of Canada nomination race for the new South Shore—St. Margaret's district long held by the retiring Gerald Keddy.{{cite web|url=http://www.lighthousenow.ca/News/View/327731-Ex-Tory-cabinet-minister-seeks-federal-Conservative-nomination |title=Ex-Tory cabinet minister seeks federal Conservative nomination |work=LighthouseNow |date=January 12, 2015 |accessdate=2015-04-16 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150221221440/http://www.lighthousenow.ca/News/View/327731-Ex-Tory-cabinet-minister-seeks-federal-Conservative-nomination |archivedate=February 21, 2015 }} In April 2015, Morash was defeated in his bid for the nomination by Richard Clark.{{cite web|url=http://www.theadvance.ca/News/Local/2015-04-26/article-4125287/South-Shore-St.-Margarets-CPC-nominates-Shelburne-County-man/1 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150427024333/http://www.theadvance.ca/News/Local/2015-04-26/article-4125287/South-Shore-St.-Margarets-CPC-nominates-Shelburne-County-man/1 |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 27, 2015 |title=South Shore-St. Margaret's CPC nominates Shelburne County man |work=The Advance |date=April 26, 2015 |accessdate=2015-04-26 }}

References

Category:Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia MLAs

Category:Living people

Category:Members of the Executive Council of Nova Scotia

Category:People from Queens County, Nova Scotia

Category:Acadia University alumni

Category:20th-century members of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly

Category:21st-century members of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly