Wayne Adams
{{Short description|Canadian politician (born 1943)}}
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| name = Wayne Adams
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| office = Member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly for Preston
| predecessor = The riding was created in 1993.
| successor = Yvonne Atwell
| term_start = 1993
| term_end = 1998
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1943}}
| birth_place = Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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| party = Liberal
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Wayne Adams {{post-nominals|country=CAN|CM|ONS}} (born 1943) is a Canadian politician who was the first Black Canadian member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly and cabinet minister.
Early life
Wayne Adams was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1943.
Political career
Adams was first elected to the Halifax Municipal Council in 1979 and was re-elected five times. He was deputy mayor from 1982 to 1983.{{cite book|title=Who's Who in Black Canada 2|url=https://archive.org/details/whoswhoinblackca0000will|url-access=registration|author=Dawn Williams|year=2006|publisher=d.p. williams & associates|page=[https://archive.org/details/whoswhoinblackca0000will/page/27 27]|isbn=9780973138429 }}
A Nova Scotia Liberal, he was elected in the 1993 Nova Scotia general election in the riding of Preston. He was the Minister of the Environment, Minister responsible for the Emergency Measures Act, and the Minister responsible for the Nova Scotia Boxing Authority in the governments of first John Savage (1993–1997) and then Russell MacLellan (1997–1998). He was defeated in 1998 by the NDP candidate, Yvonne Atwell.{{Cite web |url=http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?1998%2F03%2F26+147.raw+PE98Mar26+2 |title=New MLA makes history |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030310140451/http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?1998%2F03%2F26+147.raw+PE98Mar26+2 |archive-date=March 10, 2003 |publisher=The Chronicle Herald|date=March 26, 1998}}
Electoral record
| class="wikitable"
! colspan="4" |1998 Nova Scotia General Election |
| colspan="2" width="130px" bgcolor="#DDDDFF" |Party
! width="50px" bgcolor="#DDDDFF" |Vote ! width="30px" bgcolor="#DDDDFF" | % |
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| {{Canadian party colour|NS|NDP|background}} |
| align="right" |1,777 | align="right" |42.99 |
| {{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|background}} |
|Wayne Adams | align="right" |1,548 | align="right" |37.45 |
| {{Canadian party colour|NS|PC|background}} |
|Ross D. Isenor | align="right" |809 | align="right" |19.57 |
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! colspan="4" |1993 Nova Scotia General Election |
| colspan="2" width="130px" bgcolor="#DDDDFF" |Party
! width="50px" bgcolor="#DDDDFF" |Vote ! width="30px" bgcolor="#DDDDFF" | % |
|---|
| {{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|background}} |
|Wayne Adams | align="right" |1,872 | align="right" |38.57 |
| |David Hendsbee
| align="right" |1,381 | align="right" |24.46 |
| {{Canadian party colour|NS|PC|background}} |
|Darryl Gray | align="right" |1,016 | align="right" |25.66 |
| {{Canadian party colour|NS|NDP|background}} |
| align="right" |584 | align="right" |12.03 |
Awards and recognition
In 2003, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada, Canada's highest civilian honour.
In 2011, he was invested as a member of the Order of Nova Scotia.
References
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External links
- [http://archives.cbc.ca/IDC-1-73-2225-13357-11/on_this_day/politics_economy/twt CBC Radio archives: Nova Scotia elects its first black MLA]
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Category:Black Canadian politicians
Category:Members of the Executive Council of Nova Scotia
Category:Members of the Order of Canada
Category:Members of the Order of Nova Scotia
Category:Nova Scotia Liberal Party MLAs
Category:Politicians from Halifax, Nova Scotia
Category:Nova Scotia municipal councillors
Category:20th-century members of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
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