Keith Leslie Bain (born October 24, 1952) is a

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politician. He represented the electoral district of

Victoria-The Lakes Victoria—The Lakes is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. Its Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) since the 2017 election has been Keith Bain of the Progress ...

in the

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from 2006 to 2013 as a member of the Progressive Conservatives. Bain first ran for provincial politics in the 2003 election, but was defeated by Liberal

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. Bain was elected in the 2006 provincial election, defeating Sampson by over 700 votes. He was re-elected in the 2009 election. He was defeated by Liberal Pam Eyking when he ran for re-election in

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. In May 2016, Bain was again nominated as the riding's Progressive Conservative candidate for the

2017 Nova Scotia general election The 2017 Nova Scotia general election was held on May 30, 2017, to elect members to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. The Nova Scotia Liberal Party, Liberals under Premier Stephen McNeil won re-election with a reduced majority, falling from 34 ...

. He won on election night in a re-match with Eyking. On September 24, 2021, Bain was elected as Speaker of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.

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Members of the Nova Scotia Legislative Assembly
1952 births Living people Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia MLAs People from Victoria County, Nova Scotia 21st-century members of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly {{ProgressiveConservative-NovaScotia-MLA-stub