Kevin Pollard

{{Short description|Canadian politician}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=September 2021}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}

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| image = Canadian politician Kevin Pollard.png|

| name = Kevin Pollard

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| birth_date = 1958

| birth_place = Roddickton, Newfoundland and Labrador

| residence =

| assembly = Newfoundland and Labrador House of

| constituency_AM = Baie Verte-Springdale

| term_start = August 27, 2008

| term_end = November 30, 2015

| predecessor = Tom Rideout

| successor = District Abolished

| party = Progressive Conservative

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Kevin Pollard (born 1958 in Roddickton, Newfoundland and Labrador) is a Canadian politician. He was elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly in a by-election on August 27, 2008, representing the electoral district of Baie Verte-Springdale as a member of the Progressive Conservatives.{{cite news |title=Tories sweep Newfoundland and Labrador byelections |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/tories-sweep-newfoundland-and-labrador-byelections-1.757485 |publisher=CBC News |date=28 August 2008 |access-date=27 April 2014}} He was defeated in the 2015 election.

Pollard is an alumnus of A.C. Palmer Collegiate in Roddickton. Pollard attended and graduated from Memorial University of Newfoundland.

He is a former mayor of Springdale.{{cite news | url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/springdale-mayor-earns-pc-nod-for-upcoming-byelection-1.738255 | title=Springdale mayor earns PC nod for upcoming byelection | publisher=CBC News | date=30 June 2008 | accessdate=5 March 2022 }}

Electoral record

{{Canadian election result/top|NL|2015|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|NL|Liberal|Brian Warr|3,130|56.09|+18.31}}

{{CANelec|NL|PC|Kevin Pollard|2,197|39.37|-13.42}}

{{CANelec|NL|NDP|Matt Howse|253|4.53|-4.90}}

{{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|5,580|100%}}

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{{Election box begin | title=2011 Newfoundland and Labrador general election}}

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{{CANelec |NL |PC |Kevin Pollard |2,553 |52.79 |-3.11}}

|-

{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|row}}

|Liberal

|Neil Ward

|align="right"|1,827

|align="right"|37.78

|align="right"|+2.61

|-

{{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|row}}

|NDP

|Tim Howse

|align="right"|456

|align="right"|9.43

|align="right"|+0.46

|}

{{Election box begin | title=August 27, 2008 Baie Verte-Springdale By-election
Resignation of Tom Rideout}}

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{{CANelec |NL |PC |Kevin Pollard |1,979 |55.90 |–}}

|-

{{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|row}}

|Liberal

|Shaun Lane

|align="right"|1,245

|align="right"|35.17

|align="right"|

|-

{{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|row}}

|New Democratic Party

|Tim Howse

|align="right"|316

|align="right"|8.97

|align="right"|

|-

!align="left" colspan=3|Total

!align="right"|3,540

!align="right"|

!align="right"|

{{election box end}}

References

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