Rodney David Wilson is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in the 2024 general election, representing Halifax Armdale as a member of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party.[2]
Wilson graduated from the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine in 1992 and is a medical doctor by profession.[3] He previously ran as a Nova Scotia Liberal Party candidate in Halifax Needham in a 2016 by-election,[4] switching to the NDP in 2024 due to his support of NDP leader Claudia Chender.
Openly gay,[5] he is the province's first out gay male MLA, as Cecil Clarke was not out as gay during his term in the legislature.
Electoral record
| 2024 Nova Scotia general election: Halifax Armdale | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Rod Wilson | 2,510 | 39.2% | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Craig Myra | 2,287 | 30.7% | |||||
| Liberal | Ali Duale | 1,598 | 25.0% | |||||
| Total valid votes | ||||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | 6,395 | |||||||
| Eligible voters | ||||||||
| New Democratic gain from Liberal | Swing | +13.86 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[6] | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Democratic Party | Lisa Roberts | 2,519 | 50.97 | +6.98 | |
| Liberal | Rod Wilson | 1,662 | 33.63 | -6.77 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Andy Arsenault | 600 | 12.14 | +1.32 | |
| Green | Thomas Trappenberg | 161 | 3.26 | -1.53 | |
| Total valid votes | 4,942 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 21 | 0.42 | -0.50 | ||
| Turnout | 4,963 | 32.50 | -17.93 | ||
| Electors on the lists | 15,270 | – | |||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | +6.87 | |||
References
- ^ Information College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia
- ^ "Nova Scotia election 2024 results: Halifax Armdale - Halifax | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved November 28, 2024.
- ^ "Get to know: Halifax Armdale". signalhfx.ca. Retrieved November 28, 2024.
- ^ "Halifax Needham candidates all have their challenges". CBC News Nova Scotia, August 23, 2016.
- ^ Hugo Dann, "Wayves Talks to Openly Gay By-Election Candidate Rod Wilson". Wayves, August 24, 2016.
- ^ https://globalnews.ca/news/10865533/nova-scotia-election-2024-halifax-armdale/