Steve Craig (politician)
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{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
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| name = Steve Craig
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| birth_name = Stephen Allen Craig
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|03|19}}
| birth_place = Halifax, Nova Scotia
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| assembly = Nova Scotia House of
| constituency_AM =Sackville-Cobequid
| term_start = June 18, 2019
| term_end = October 27, 2024
| predecessor = Dave Wilson
| successor = Paul Wozney
| party = Progressive Conservative
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| office2 = Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture
| term_start2 = 31 August 2021
| term_end2 = 14 September 2023
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Stephen Allen Craig (born March 19, 1955)[https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/pdfs/people/mlabios.pdf The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present: Craig, Stephen Allen, page 58] Nova Scotia Legislature is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in a by-election on June 18, 2019. A member of the Progressive Conservatives, he represents the electoral district of Sackville-Cobequid.{{cite web|url=https://www.thechronicleherald.ca/news/local/craig-takes-sackville-cobequid-stronghold-from-ndp-323881/|title=Craig takes Sackville-Cobequid stronghold from NDP|work=The Chronicle Herald|date=June 19, 2019|accessdate=2019-06-19}}{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/sackville-cobequid-2019-byelection-results-lara-fawthrop-steve-craig-1.5180560|title=Tories take Sackville-Cobequid byelection in political landscape shakeup|publisher=CBC News|date=June 19, 2019|accessdate=2019-06-19}}
Craig had previously sat on Halifax Regional Council, representing Lower Sackville since the 2012 Halifax Regional Municipality municipal election.
Political career
On August 31, 2021, Craig was made Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture.{{Cite web|url=https://novascotia.ca/news/release/?id=20210831003|title = New Cabinet to Deliver Solutions for Nova Scotians|date = 11 May 2018}}
On September 13, 2023, Craig announced he would not run in the next Nova Scotia general election,{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/sackville-cobequid-pictou-centre-pat-dunn-steve-craig-1.6965476|title=Cabinet ministers Pat Dunn and Steve Craig won't seek re-election|publisher=CBC News|date=September 13, 2023|access-date=2023-11-27}} and was shuffled out of cabinet the following day.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/nova-scotia-cabinet-shuffle-september-14-1.6966513|title=N.S. premier shuffles cabinet, appoints first Black woman|publisher=CBC News|date=September 14, 2023|access-date=2023-11-27}}
Personal life
Craig and his wife Shari live in Lower Sackville. They have two children, Marlo and Jonathan.{{cite web |title=Councillor Steve Craig |url=https://www.halifax.ca/city-hall/districts-councillors/district-15/councillor-steve-craig |website=halifax.ca |publisher=Halifax Regional Municipality |accessdate=June 23, 2024 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190619230423/https://www.halifax.ca/city-hall/districts-councillors/district-15/councillor-steve-craig |archivedate=June 19, 2019}}
Electoral record
{{CANelec/top|NS|June 18, 2019|Sackville-Cobequid|by=yes|percent=yes|change=yes|reason=Resignation of Dave Wilson}}
{{CANelec|NS|PC|Steve Craig|2,655|42.04|+16.65}}
{{CANelec|NS|NDP|Lara Fawthrop|2,472|39.14|-5.04}}
{{CANelec|NS|Liberal|Michel Hindlet|658|10.42|-15.56}}
{{CANelec|NS|Green|Anthony Edmonds|488|7.73|+4.39}}
{{CANelec|NS|Atlantica|David F. Boyd|43|0.68|-0.44}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|6,316|99.68}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots|20|0.32|-0.09}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Turnout|6,336|41.75|-9.21}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Eligible voters|15,177}}
{{CANelec/gain|NS|PC|NDP|+10.84}}
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=District 15, [[2012 Halifax Regional Municipality municipal election|Halifax Municipal Election 2012]]: [[Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia|Lower Sackville]]=
{{Election box begin no party| title= }}
{{Election box candidate no party|
|candidate = Steve Craig
|votes = 2,524
|percentage = 41.181
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{{Election box candidate no party|
|candidate = Stephen Taylor
|votes = 1,852
|percentage = 30.217
|change =
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{{Election box candidate no party|
|candidate = Curt Wentzell
|votes = 755
|percentage = 12.318
|change =
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{{Election box candidate no party|
|candidate = Janet Langille
|votes = 698
|percentage = 11.388
|change =
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{{Election box candidate no party|
|candidate = Ian Wilson
|votes = 300
|percentage = 4.895
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{{Election box turnout no party|
|votes = 6,129
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{{CANelec/top|NS|2006|Sackville-Cobequid|percent=yes|change=yes}}
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{{Canadian party colour|NS|NDP|row}}
|align="right"|4,477
|align="right"|54.50
|align="right"|+9.12
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{{Canadian party colour|NS|PC|row}}
|Steve Craig
|align="right"|2,499
|align="right"|30.42
|align="right"|+2.05
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{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|row}}
|David Major
|align="right"|1,051
|align="right"|12.80
|align="right"|-12.31
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{{CANelec|NS|Green|Elizabeth Nicolson|187|2.28|–}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|8,214|99.74}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots|21|0.26|-0.00}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Turnout|8,235|57.40|-1.71}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Eligible voters|14,347}}
{{CANelec/hold|NS|NDP|+3.53}}
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References
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Category:Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia MLAs
Category:Members of the Executive Council of Nova Scotia
Category:Halifax Regional Municipality councillors
Category:21st-century members of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly