A look at Claudia Chender, leader of the Nova Scotia New Democrats
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This article was published 27/10/2024 (390 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
HALIFAX – Claudia Chender, leader of the Nova Scotia NDP, will be leading her first provincial campaign since taking the reins of the party.
Born: July 29, 1976.
Early years: Raised in Nova Scotia
Education: A lawyer by training, she graduated with a bachelor of arts from Dalhousie University in Halifax in 1999. She received her bachelor of laws from the University of Victoria in 2004.
Family: She and her husband Jamie have three school-aged children.
Before politics: She worked as a legal educator with the Nova Scotia Barrister’s Society and as an associate publisher for a non-profit media company and also worked as a consultant in organizational design and development.
Politics: She was first elected to represent the riding of Dartmouth South in 2017 and was re-elected in 2021. She was elected party leader in June 2022.
Quote: “He can try to convince Nova Scotians that this is about Ottawa, but it’s about Nova Scotia and here we have a government that was elected to fix health care and they have not done it.” Chender when asked this week about Premier Tim Houston calling a potential election.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 27, 2024.
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