Derek M. Wells KC | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for South Shore | |
| In office 1993–1997 | |
| Preceded by | Peter McCreath |
| Succeeded by | Gerald Keddy |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 November 1946 Corner Brook, Newfoundland |
| Political party | Liberal 1993-2021 |
| Other political affiliations | No Affiliation 2021 – present |
| Profession | Businessman, lawyer |
Derek M. Wells, KC, (born 28 November 1946) is a Canadian former politician who served a Liberal Member of Parliament for the riding of South Shore from 1993 to 1997.
Early life and education
Born in Corner Brook, Newfoundland, he graduated from Dalhousie Law School in 1972.[1]
Political career
Wells won the South Shore electoral district for the Liberal party in the 1993 federal election.[2] After serving in the 35th Canadian Parliament, Wells was defeated in the 1997 federal election.[3] He unsuccessfully attempted to return to Parliament in the 2000 federal election.[4]
He also served as President of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party,[5] supporting the provincial form of the party, and is a partner at Hennigar, Wells, Lamey and Baker in Chester.
Wells announced in September 2009, that he would seek the Liberal party nomination for South Shore—St. Margaret's in the 2011 federal election,[6] and won the nomination on 4 October.[7] He finished third receiving 16.92% of the vote.
Wells is the current District 3 municipal councillor in Chester Municipality. He was elected in 2021 during a by-election after the seat was vacated by current Progressive Conservative MLA Danielle Barkhouse.[8]
Electoral record
2021 Chester Municipal By-Election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percent | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Affiliation | Derek Wells | 461 | 63.67% | ✓ |
| No Affiliation | Jo-Ann Grant | 164 | 22.65% | |
| No Affiliation | Annette Collicut | 99 | 13.67% |
Nova Scotian Municipal politics do not have party affiliations.
2011 federal election
| 2011 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Gerald Keddy | 17,948 | 43.14 | +7.15 | $65,637.06 | |||
| New Democratic | Gordon Earle | 15,033 | 36.14 | +2.79 | $79,480.73 | |||
| Liberal | Derek Wells | 7,037 | 16.92 | -6.93 | $57,461.22 | |||
| Green | Kris MacLellan | 1,579 | 3.80 | -1.43 | $41.21 | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 41,597 | 100.0 | $86,455.81 | |||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 282 | 0.67 | +0.20 | |||||
| Turnout | 41,879 | 62.23 | +2.03 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 67,296 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +2.18 | ||||||
| Sources:[9][10] | ||||||||
1997 federal election
| 1997 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Gerald Keddy | 14,136 | 36.00 | +3.38 | ||||
| Liberal | Derek Wells | 11,397 | 29.02 | -17.92 | ||||
| New Democratic | Blandford Nickerson | 8,137 | 20.72 | +15.72 | ||||
| Reform | Anne Matthiasson | 5,302 | 13.50 | -0.02 | ||||
| Natural Law | Terry Harnish | 298 | 0.76 | -0.02 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 39,270 | 100.00 | ||||||
1993 federal election
| 1993 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Derek Wells | 17,351 | 46.94 | +4.37 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Peter McCreath | 12,058 | 32.62 | -13.84 | ||||
| Reform | Anne Matthiasson | 4,999 | 13.52 | |||||
| New Democratic | Eric Hustvedt | 1,847 | 5.00 | -5.15 | ||||
| National | A. James Donahue | 422 | 1.14 | |||||
| Natural Law | Richard Robertson | 287 | 0.78 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 36,964 | 100.00 | ||||||
References
- ↑ Chesterlaw.ca
- ↑ "Atlantic region hands Liberals near-clean sweep". The Chronicle Herald. 26 October 1993. Archived from the original on 21 November 2001. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
- ↑ "Keddy recaptures South Shore for Tories". The Chronicle Herald. 3 June 1997. Archived from the original on 30 November 2001.
- ↑ "Tories keep South Shore". The Chronicle Herald. 28 November 2000. Archived from the original on 24 January 2005.
- ↑ "Former MP Wells heads into second term as N.S. Liberal party president". The News. 3 March 2008. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
- ↑ "I want my Canada back". The Advance. 17 September 2009. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014.
- ↑ "Ex-MP Wells picked by South Shore Grits". The Chronicle Herald. 6 October 2009.
- ↑ "District 3 Special Election". Municipality of The District of Chester, Nova Scotia. 9 September 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- ↑ Elections Canada – Official voting results, Forty-first general election, 2011
- ↑ Elections Canada – Candidate's electoral campaign return, 41st general election
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