Rodney MacDonald

Rodney MacDonald

Rodney Joseph MacDonald (born January 2, 1972 in Inverness , Nova Scotia ) is a Canadian politician . From February 24, 2006 to June 19, 2009 he was Prime Minister of the Province of Nova Scotia.

biography

MacDonald graduated from St. Francis Xavier University and received a Bachelor of Science degree in exercise. On the side worked on a career as a professional musician. MacDonald taught at Mi'kmawey School in Chapel Island , Nova Scotia.

MacDonald is a nationally known folk musician who has already toured several times in the Atlantic provinces of Canada, in central Canada and in the New England states of America. In 1998 he received two nominations for the East Coast Music Awards and was Vice President of GlennRod Music Incorporated.

Since the 1999 elections, MacDonald has been a member of the Nova Scotia House of Representatives , where he represents the Inverness constituency in the west of Cape Breton Island . He was re-elected in the 2003 elections and subsequently headed several ministries (Minister for Tourism, Culture and Heritage, Minister for Health and Minister for Immigration).

In 2005, after then Prime Minister John Hamm announced his retirement, MacDonald ran for chairmanship of the Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia . On February 11, 2006, he was elected Hamm's successor in the second ballot and was sworn in as Nova Scotia's 26th Prime Minister on February 24. MacDonald is the province's second youngest prime minister, and at the time was the youngest head of government in Canada.

In the provincial elections on June 13, 2006 Macdonald's party lost some seats, but remained the strongest force, so that he was able to continue the minority government. On May 4, 2009, the government lost a vote of no confidence, whereupon Vice Governor Mayann Francis dissolved parliament and called early elections . Although Macdonald was able to maintain his seat in Inverness on June 9, 2009, the progressive conservatives fell back to third place. Macdonald's successor Darrell Dexter of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party took office on June 19, 2009.

Web links

• MacDonald's short biography