Bradley "Brad" Harris Johns (born March 5, 1969) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in the 2017 provincial election. A member of the Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia, he represents the electoral district of Sackville-Uniacke.[3]
Early life and education
Johns grew up in Middle Sackville and graduated from Sackville High School in 1988 and then attended Mount Saint Vincent University, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in History.[4]
Before politics
Prior to his election to the House of Assembly, Johns was a Halifax Regional Municipal Councillor from 2000 until his defeat in 2016. Johns was also the first elected representative to serve as a chairperson for the RCMP / HRP Board of Police Commissioners and was deputy mayor of the Halifax Regional Municipality in 2010 and 2011.[5]
Political career
In November 2017, Johns endorsed Nova Scotia PC leadership candidate Tim Houston.[6]
On August 31, 2021, Johns was made Minister of Justice and Attorney General as well as Provincial Secretary and Minister of Labor Relations.[7]
On April 19, 2024, Johns resigned from Cabinet, one day after stating that he did not believe domestic violence was an epidemic. Johns made the comments on the four-year anniversary of the mass shooting in Nova Scotia, which resulted in the deaths of 22 people.[8] Johns was the second minister of the Houston government to quit cabinet, following the resignation of Trevor Boudreau.
He was re-elected in the 2024 Nova Scotia general election.
Electoral record
| 2024 Nova Scotia general election: Sackville-Uniacke | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Brad Johns | 2,916 | 49.0% | |||||
| New Democratic | Lisa Blackburn | 2,526 | 42.4% | |||||
| Liberal | Thomas Trappenberg | 515 | 8.6% | |||||
| Total valid votes | ||||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | 5,957 | |||||||
| Eligible voters | ||||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | |||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[9] | ||||||||
| 2021 Nova Scotia general election: Sackville-Uniacke | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Brad Johns | 3,104 | 43.82 | +0.24 | $22,052.59 | |||
| Liberal | Donalda MacIsaac | 2,323 | 32.80 | +0.67 | $30,586.74 | |||
| New Democratic | Thomas Hill | 1,535 | 21.67 | +1.81 | $31,376.42 | |||
| Green | Carson LeQuesne | 121 | 1.71 | -1.73 | $200.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 7,083 | 99.72 | – | $81,042.78 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 20 | 0.28 | ||||||
| Turnout | 7,103 | 51.44 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 13,809 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -0.22 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[10] | ||||||||
| 2017 Nova Scotia general election: Sackville-Uniacke | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Brad Johns | 2,923 | 43.58 | +20.86 | ||||
| Liberal | Stephen Gough | 2,155 | 32.13 | -8.08 | ||||
| New Democratic | Dennis Kutchera | 1,332 | 19.86 | -17.21 | ||||
| Green | Michael Montgomery | 231 | 3.44 | |||||
| Atlantica | Rita Billington | 66 | 0.98 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 6,707 | 100 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 14 | 0.21 | ||||||
| Turnout | 6,721 | 48.69 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 13,803 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | -3.12 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[11][12] | ||||||||
References
- ^ DEBATES AND PROCEEDINGS, Speaker: Honourable Kevin Murphy - First Session: Wednesday, September 27, 2017 Nova Scotia Legislature
- ^ Nova Scotia PC Party on Twitter: Happy Birthday to Brad Johns, MLA for Sackville-Beaverbank! Twitter.com
- ^ "Who won in your riding? See the list of elected MLAs". CBC News, May 30, 2017.
- ^ ABOUT BRAD | brad-johns-home bradleyjohns.wixsite.com
- ^ Brad Johns - MLA for Sackville-Beaverbank
- ^ "'Time to win': Tim Houston running for PC Party leader". CBC News. November 19, 2017. Retrieved November 22, 2017.
- ^ "New Cabinet to Deliver Solutions for Nova Scotians". May 11, 2018.
- ^ "N.S. Justice Minister Brad Johns resigns from cabinet". CBC News. April 19, 2024. Retrieved April 19, 2024.
- ^ https://globalnews.ca/news/10865563/nova-scotia-election-2024-sackville-uniacke/
- ^ "Provincial General Election 2021-08-17- Official Results". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved October 7, 2021.
- ^ "Statement of Votes & Statistics, Volume I" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
- ^ "May 30th, 2017 - 40th Nova Scotia Provincial General Election". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
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