Bernadette Jordan
Bernadette Jordan | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for South Shore—St. Margarets | |
| Assumed office October 19, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Gerald Keddy |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 7, 1963 Montreal, Quebec |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse | David Jordan |
| Children | three |
| Residence | West Dublin, Nova Scotia |
| Alma mater | St. Francis Xavier University |
| Profession | development officer |
Bernadette Jordan (born April 7, 1963) is a Canadian Liberal politician, who was elected to represent the riding of South Shore-St. Margaret's in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2015 federal election.[1]
Prior to her election, Jordan worked for eight years as a development officer for the Health Services Foundation of Nova Scotia, where she was in charge of raising money for health services in the region.[2] She narrowly won the Liberal Party's nomination in the South Shore riding by 22 votes of the 450 cast.[3]
Electoral record
| 2015 Canadian federal election: South Shore—St. Margarets | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Bernadette Jordan | 30,045 | 56.93 | +38.97 | – | |||
| Conservative | Richard Clark | 11,905 | 22.56 | –19.42 | – | |||
| New Democratic | Alex Godbold | 8,883 | 16.83 | –19.25 | – | |||
| Green | Richard Biggar | 1,534 | 2.91 | –1.08 | – | |||
| Independent | Trevor Bruhm | 257 | 0.49 | – | – | |||
| Communist | Ryan Barry | 151 | 0.20 | – | – | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 52,775 | 100.0 | $216,554.85 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 226 | 0.43 | –0.24 | |||||
| Turnout | 53,001 | 69.83 | +7.60 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 75,904 | |||||||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +29.20 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[4][5] | ||||||||
References
- ^ http://www.lighthousenow.ca/papers/PB_20141105.pdf
- ^ Meet Bernadette Jordan, Liberal.ca.
- ^ Nick Moase, Bernadette Jordan named federal Liberal candidate for South Shore, The Shelburne County Coast Guard, November 5, 2015.
- ^ "October 19, 2015 Election Results — South Shore—St. Margarets (Validated results)". Elections Canada. 21 October 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
- ^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates