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Michèle Raymond

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Michèle Raymond
MLA for Halifax Atlantic
In office
August 5, 2003 – September 7, 2013
Preceded byRobert Chisholm
Succeeded byBrendan Maguire
Personal details
Born
Michèle Hovey Raymond[1]

1958
Toronto, Ontario
Political partyNDP

Michèle Hovey Raymond (born 1958)[2] is a Canadian politician and author. She formerly served as Halifax Atlantic's NDP MLA.

Early life and education

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A Halifax-area resident since 1963, she received a degree in Linguistics from Yale University in 1978 and a degree in Law from Dalhousie University.

Before politics

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Prior to becoming a politician, Raymond co-founded the Urban Farm Museum Society of Spryfield and has been part of a campaign to reactivate the Northwest Arm Ferry. She has volunteered with the Nova Scotia Museum and is the vice-president of the Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia and other heritage societies around Nova Scotia for which she was awarded the Queen's Jubilee Medal. She is also the co-author with historian Heather Watts of Halifax's Northwest Arm: An Illustrated History published by Formac Publishing in 2003.[citation needed]

Political career

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In her first attempt at political office, Raymond was elected MLA in 2003, replacing Robert Chisholm, who retired.

On November 23, 2012, Raymond announced that she would not be running in the next election.[3]

Personal life

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She is married to former Liberal MLA Russell MacKinnon.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Constituency History for Halifax-Armdale Nova Scotia Legislature
  2. ^ Biography nslegislature.ca
  3. ^ a b "MLA Michele Raymond not reoffering". CBC News. November 23, 2012. Retrieved May 3, 2018.