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Sterling Belliveau
Canadian politician

Sterling Belliveau

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Sterling Belliveau is a Canadian politician who has represented the electoral district of Shelburne (now Queens-Shelburne) in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly since 2006 as a member of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party.
A native of Woods Harbour, Belliveau was a self-employed fisherman. He has volunteered his service on various boards and committees in Shelburne County, including community groups, a volunteer ambulance service, as well as organizations related to the fishing industry.
He is married to Luella Jean (Cameron) and they have two adult children and one grandchild.

Political career

Belliveau served for three terms as a municipal councilor representing District 1 (Charlesville, Forbes Point and Woods Harbour) on the municipal council for the Municipality of the District of Barrington; two of those terms he served as warden.

In 2006 Belliveau successfully ran for the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party nomination in the riding of Shelburne. He was elected in the 2006 provincial election, defeating Progressive Conservative candidate Eddie Nickerson by 65 votes. He was re-elected in the 2009 provincial election, receiving 55.41% of the votes and increasing his vote to 2,207 over his closest challenger. Belliveau's riding was abolished in the 2012 electoral boundary review. Belliveau was re-elected in the 2013 provincial election representing the new riding of Queens-Shelburne where he received 37.1% of the votes with a margin of 381 votes over his closest challenger.

On June 19, 2009 Belliveau was appointed to the Executive Council of Nova Scotia, serving as Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture as well as Minister of Environment. He served in the Executive Council until October 22, 2013.

In June 2016, Belliveau announced that he is not reoffering in the next election.

Electoral record

Nova Scotia general election, 2013
PartyCandidateVotes%±
 New Democratic PartySterling Belliveau3,06637.10N/A
 Progressive ConservativeBruce Inglis2,68532.49N/A
 LiberalBenson Frail2,30227.86N/A
 GreenMadeline Taylor2112.55N/A
Nova Scotia general election, 2009
PartyCandidateVotes%±
    New Democratic PartySterling Belliveau384455.41
    Progressive ConservativeEddie Nickerson163723.59
    LiberalDarian Huskilson135619.54
GreenRobin Smith1011.46
Nova Scotia general election, 2006
PartyCandidateVotes%±
    New Democratic PartySterling Belliveau243836.27
    Progressive ConservativeEddie Nickerson237335.00
    LiberalKirk Cox179026.63
GreenDerek Jones1412.1

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