Kerry Morash is a Canadian former safety co-ordinator and political figure in

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Early life and education

He was born in

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and was educated at

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Provincial politics

He represented

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in the

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from 1999 to 2006 as a Progressive Conservative member. He served as Environment and Labour Minister in the government of

Rodney MacDonald Rodney Joseph MacDonald (born January 2, 1972) is a Canadian politician, educator and musician who served as the 26th premier of Nova Scotia from 2006 to 2009 and as MLA for the riding of Inverness (provincial electoral district), Inverness in ...

. Though the programs did not begin on his watch, independent auditors GPI Atlantic praised the

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programs in the province. The extension of this to

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occurred largely during Morash's term. Morash served in the province's Executive Council as Minister of Environment and Labour and Minister of Economic Development. He was defeated by New Democrat

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when he ran for reelection in 2006. In 2007, he was named to the National Round Table on the Environment and Economy, later disbanded by the same Harper government. Morash sought election again in the 2009 election, but lost to Conrad by a larger margin. In 2013, Morash was a candidate for the Progressive Conservative nomination in Queens-Shelburne, but was defeated.

Federal politics

In January 2015, Morash announced he was entering the

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nomination race for the new South Shore—St. Margaret's district long held by the retiring

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. In April 2015, Morash was defeated in his bid for the nomination by Richard Clark.

References

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