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The Honourable
Iain Rankin
MLA
Rankin in 2021
Leader of the Opposition
In office August 31, 2021 – July 9, 2022
Preceded by
Tim Houston
Succeeded by
Zach Churchill
29th Premier of Nova Scotia
In office February 23, 2021 – August 31, 2021
Monarch
Elizabeth II
Lieutenant Governor
Arthur J. LeBlanc
Deputy
Kelly Regan
Preceded by
Stephen McNeil
Succeeded by
Tim Houston
Leader of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party
In office February 6, 2021 – July 9, 2022
Preceded by
Stephen McNeil
Succeeded by
Zach Churchill
Minister of Lands and Forestry
In office July 5, 2018 – October 5, 2020
Premier
Stephen McNeil
Preceded by
Margaret Miller
Succeeded by
Derek Mombourquette
Minister of Environment
In office June 15, 2017 – July 5, 2018
Premier
Stephen McNeil
Preceded by
Margaret Miller
Succeeded by
Margaret Miller
Member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly for Timberlea-Prospect
Incumbent
Assumed office October 8, 2013
Preceded by
Bill Estabrooks
Personal details
Born
Iain Thomas Rankin
(1983-04-09) April 9, 1983 (age 41)[citation needed] Inverness, Nova Scotia, Canada[1]
Political party
Liberal
Spouse
Mary Chisholm
Children
Freya Rose Rankin
Residence
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Alma mater
Holland College Mount Saint Vincent University
Website
Official website
Iain Thomas RankinMLA (born April 9, 1983) [citation needed] is a Canadian politician who served as the 29th premier of Nova Scotia from February 23, 2021, to August 31, 2021. He serves in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly for the Nova Scotia Liberal Party, representing the electoral district of Timberlea-Prospect .[2] Rankin was first elected in the 2013 Nova Scotia general election and was re-elected in the 2017 general election. On February 6, 2021, Rankin was announced the Leader of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.[3]
On February 23, 2021, Rankin became the 29th premier of Nova Scotia. Rankin called an election for August 17, 2021, which his Liberal Party lost to the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia. Rankin left office as Premier on August 31, 2021, when Houston took the oath. At that time, Rankin became the Leader of the Opposition in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.
On January 5, 2022, Rankin announced that he will resign as leader of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party once a new leader is chosen.[4]
^"Liberal leadership candidates to square off in Cape Breton". Cape Breton Post. November 23, 2020. Retrieved 2021-07-13.
^"Nova Scotia votes: Riding-by-riding results for Halifax region". Metro. October 8, 2013. Archived from the original on February 28, 2014. Retrieved 2016-03-20.
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^Gorman, Michael (January 5, 2022). "Iain Rankin to step down as N.S. Liberal Party leader". CBC News Nova Scotia.
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