Jill Suzanne Balser (born March 3, 1986) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in the 2021 Nova Scotia general election.[2] She represents the riding of Digby-Annapolis as a member of the Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia.
Jill Balser | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly for Digby-Annapolis | |
| Assumed office August 17, 2021 | |
| Preceded by | first member |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 3, 1986 Digby, Nova Scotia[1] |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
She is the daughter of Gordon Balser, who represented the same district from 1998 to 2003.[3]
On August 31, 2021, Balser was made Minister of Labor, Skills, and Immigration, as well as Minister responsible for Apprenticeship.[4]
Electoral record
edit| 2024 Nova Scotia general election: Digby-Annapolis | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jill Balser | 3,372 | 73.3% | |||||
| Liberal | Joey Amero | 869 | 18.9% | |||||
| New Democratic | Shannon Long | 361 | 7.8% | |||||
| Total valid votes | ||||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | 4,602 | |||||||
| Eligible voters | ||||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | |||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[5] | ||||||||
| 2021 Nova Scotia general election: Digby-Annapolis | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Jill Balser | 2,636 | 49.55 | +26.02 | $18,174.72 | |||
| Liberal | Jimmy MacAlpine | 1,865 | 35.06 | -16.71 | $31,375.32 | |||
| New Democratic | Michael Carty | 626 | 11.77 | -11.61 | $21,949.92 | |||
| Green | Jessica Walker | 113 | 2.12 | +1.09 | $200.00 | |||
| Atlantica | Tyler Ducharme | 80 | 1.50 | +1.21 | $200.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 5,320 | 99.66 | – | $62,588.83 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 18 | 0.34 | ||||||
| Turnout | 5,338 | 52.98 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 10,075 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative notional gain from Liberal | Swing | +21.37 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[6] | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ Nova Scotia election riding results: Digby-Annapolis Global News
- ^ "Tri-County NS Election Recap: PC’s Take Three Of Five Seats". CJLS-FM, August 18, 2021.
- ^ Tina Comeau, "PC candidate Jill Balser follows in dad's footsteps with Digby-Annapolis election win". SaltWire Network, August 18, 2021.
- ^ "New Cabinet to Deliver Solutions for Nova Scotians". 11 May 2018.
- ^ https://globalnews.ca/news/10865518/nova-scotia-election-2024-digby-annapolis/
- ^ "Provincial General Election 2021-08-17- Official Results". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved October 7, 2021.
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