Gordie Gosse
| Gordie Gosse MLA | |
|---|---|
| Speaker of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Charlie Parker |
| MLA for Cape Breton Nova | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 2003 |
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| Preceded by | Paul MacEwan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Sydney, Nova Scotia |
| Political party | NDP |
| Spouse(s) | Susan |
| Residence | Whitney Pier, Sydney, Nova Scotia |
| Occupation | youth worker |
Gordie Gosse is a Canadian politician and member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly, representing the electoral district of Cape Breton Nova for the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party.
Before entering public service, Gosse was an athlete and an employee of the Sydney Steel Corporation. A youth worker, Gosse was the Executive Director of the Whitney Pier Youth Club for ten years.[1]
Gosse was first elected in the 2003 general election with a narrow margin of 74 votes, achieving 44.54% of the vote.[2] He was re-elected in 2006 with 60.92%, an increase of 2521 votes[3] and in 2009 with 71.07% and a margin of 3186 votes over his nearest opponent .[4][5]
He was elected Speaker of the House on January 19, 2011.[6]
[edit] References
- ^ "Whitney Pier Youth Club". http://whitneypier.org/Organizations/Youth%20Club.html. Retrieved December 14, 2009.[dead link]
- ^ "Complete Poll By Poll Results - Cape Breton Nova". August 5, 2003. http://electionsnovascotia.ns.ca/results/03results/03dist07.pdf. Retrieved December 14, 2009.
- ^ "Complete Poll By Poll Results - Cape Breton Nova". June 13, 2006. http://electionsnovascotia.ns.ca/results/06results/dist07.pdf. Retrieved December 14, 2009.
- ^ "Complete Poll By Poll Results - Cape Breton Nova". June 9, 2009). http://electionsnovascotia.ns.ca/results/09results/dist07.pdf. Retrieved December 14, 2009.
- ^ "Gosse wins in Nova; eager to be part of province’s first NDP government". June 10, 2009). http://www.capebretonpost.com/index.cfm?sid=259378&sc=709. Retrieved December 14, 2009.
- ^ "Gosse declared Speaker of N.S. legislature". CBC News. 19 January 2011. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia/story/2011/01/19/ns-new-speaker-gosse.html. Retrieved 19 January 2011.
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