Derrick John Kimball (born November 20, 1954) is a Canadian lawyer and politician. He represented

Kings South Kings South is a provincial electoral district (Canada), electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It includes the town of Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Wolfville, the village of New Minas, ...

in the

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from 1988 to 1993 as a Progressive Conservative member.

Early life and education

Born in Halifax, the son of Robert Guy Edgar Kimball and Marjorie Coady,Lumley, E ''Canadian Who's Who'' (2006)
he was educated at

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and

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Legal career

Kimball served as solicitor for the town of

Wolfville Wolfville is a Canadian town in the Annapolis Valley, Kings County, Nova Scotia, located about northwest of the provincial capital, Halifax. The town is home to Acadia University and Landmark East School. The town is a tourist destination d ...

from 1978 to 1990.

Political career

He entered provincial politics in the 1988 election, defeating NDP candidate Steve Mattson by 452 votes in the Kings South riding. In late 1992, Kimball lost the Progressive Conservative nomination in Kings South to former MLA and cabinet minister Harry How. Kimball quit the Progressive Conservative caucus in January 1993, and ran as an

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candidate in the 1993 election. He finished third in the election, which saw Liberal Robbie Harrison defeat How by 128 votes. In December 2020, Kimball was nominated as the Progressive Conservative candidate in Kings South for the 2021 election, but was defeated by Liberal

Keith Irving Keith Irving (born 1958) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in the 2013 provincial election. A member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party, he represents the electoral district of Kings South. Irving has ...

References

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1954 births Living people Dalhousie University alumni Nova Scotia Independent MLAs Politicians from Halifax, Nova Scotia People from Kings County, Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia MLAs St. Francis Xavier University alumni 20th-century members of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly {{ProgressiveConservative-NovaScotia-MLA-stub