Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston has called an election for Nov. 26, well ahead of the fixed election date of July 15, 2025.
Houston visited the official residence of Lt.-Gov. Arthur Joseph LeBlanc in Halifax on Oct. 27 to dissolve the legislature and call the election.
At dissolution, the Nova Scotia legislature had 34 Progressive Conservative MLAs, 14 Liberal MLAs, 6 NDP MLAs, and one Independent MLA.
The PCs won the 2021 election against the formerly governing Liberals to form a majority government.
Houston, who previously worked as a chartered accountant in Canada and abroad, first became an MLA in 2013, and became PC leader in 2017.
Liberal Leader Zach Churchill, a former university student leader and public servant, was first elected as an MLA in 2010 at the age of 26. He became the Liberal leader in 2022….