Tim Olive

{{Short description|Canadian politician}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| image =

|honorific-prefix=The Honourable

|honorific-suffix= ECNS

| name = Tim Olive

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1946|12|19}}

| birth_place = London, England, UK

| residence = Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

| office = MLA for Dartmouth South

| term_start = 1999

| term_end = 2003

| predecessor = Don Chard

| successor = riding dissolved

| party = Progressive Conservative

| occupation = Businessman

}}

Timothy A. Olive (born 19 December 1946) is a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Dartmouth South in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1999 to 2003. He was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia.{{cite web|url=http://nslegislature.ca/pdfs/about/ConstituencyHistories/dartmouth%20south%20(2013).pdf|title=Electoral History for Dartmouth South|publisher=Nova Scotia Legislative Library|accessdate=2015-06-16}}

Born in 1946 at London, England, Olive is a businessman in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.{{cite web|url=http://www.gov.ns.ca/legislature/members/cabinet/olive.html|title=Cabinet biography|publisher=Nova Scotia Legislature|accessdate=2015-06-16|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20030802134423/http://www.gov.ns.ca/legislature/members/cabinet/olive.html|archivedate=2 August 2003}} Olive was nominated as the Progressive Conservative candidate for Dartmouth South in the 1999 election.{{cite web|url=http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?1999/06/25+265.raw+PE99Jun25+2|title=Dartmouth South Tories look to Olive|work=The Chronicle Herald|date=25 June 1999|accessdate=2014-10-21|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050124032631/http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?1999%2F06%2F25+265.raw+PE99Jun25+2|archivedate=24 January 2005|url-status=dead}} On 27 July 1999, Olive was elected MLA, defeating New Democrat incumbent Don Chard by 645 votes.{{cite web|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/99DARTS.pdf|title=Election Returns, 1999 (Dartmouth South)|publisher=Elections Nova Scotia|accessdate=2014-10-21}}{{cite web|url=http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?1999/07/30+210.raw+PE99Jul30+2|title=Defeated MLAs lining up new jobs|work=The Chronicle Herald|date=30 July 1999|accessdate=2014-10-21|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050124083038/http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?1999%2F07%2F30+210.raw+PE99Jul30+2|archivedate=24 January 2005|url-status=dead}} On 18 August 1999, Olive was named chair of the government's caucus.{{cite web|url=http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?1999/08/19+120.raw+PE99Aug19+2|title=Hamm makes Olive caucus chairman|work=The Chronicle Herald|date=19 August 1999|accessdate=2014-10-21|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050124080409/http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?1999%2F08%2F19+120.raw+PE99Aug19+2|archivedate=24 January 2005|url-status=dead}}

On 17 June 2002, Olive was appointed to the Executive Council of Nova Scotia as Minister of Natural Resources and Minister responsible for the Emergency Measures Act.{{cite web|url=https://novascotia.ca/news/release/?id=20020617005|title=Balser named Energy Minister; Olive and Clarke join cabinet|publisher=Government of Nova Scotia|date=17 June 2002|accessdate=2014-10-21}} Olive was defeated by New Democrat Marilyn More when he ran for re-election in 2003, losing by more than 1,000 votes in the new riding of Dartmouth South-Portland Valley.{{cite web|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/03dist20.pdf|title=Election Returns, 2003 (Dartmouth South-Portland Valley)|publisher=Elections Nova Scotia|accessdate=2014-10-21}}{{cite web|url=http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?2003/08/06+224.raw+PE03Aug6+2|title=Metro unravelled Tory majority|work=The Chronicle Herald|date=6 August 2003|accessdate=2014-10-21|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050124052049/http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?2003%2F08%2F06+224.raw+PE03Aug6+2|archivedate=24 January 2005|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?2003/08/06+198.raw+PE03Aug6+2|title=Several ministers lose seats|work=The Chronicle Herald|date=6 August 2003|accessdate=2014-10-21|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050124042943/http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?2003%2F08%2F06+198.raw+PE03Aug6+2|archivedate=24 January 2005|url-status=dead}} Olive ran again in the 2006 election, but was again defeated by More.{{cite web|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/dist20_0.pdf|title=Election Returns, 2006 (Dartmouth South)|publisher=Elections Nova Scotia|accessdate=2014-10-21}}

Prior to June 2012, Olive served as the Executive Director of the Downtown Dartmouth Business Commission.{{cite web|url=http://thechronicleherald.ca/dcw/152435-its-ferries-first-for-rissesco|title=It's ferries first for Rissesco|work=The Chronicle Herald|date=22 October 2012|accessdate=2014-10-21}}