Wayne Adams

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Template:Short description Template:Use Canadian English Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Wayne Adams Template:Post-nominals (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.[1]

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.[2]

Electoral record

1998 Nova Scotia General Election
Party Vote %
Template:Canadian party colour Yvonne Atwell 1,777 42.99
Template:Canadian party colour Wayne Adams 1,548 37.45
Template:Canadian party colour Ross D. Isenor 809 19.57
1993 Nova Scotia General Election
Party Vote %
Template:Canadian party colour Wayne Adams 1,872 38.57
David Hendsbee 1,381 24.46
Template:Canadian party colour Darryl Gray 1,016 25.66
Template:Canadian party colour Yvonne Atwell 584 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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