1. Iain Thomas Rankin was born on April 9,1983 and is a Canadian politician who served as the 29th premier of Nova Scotia from February 23,2021, to August 31,2021.
41 Facts About Iain Rankin
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Iain Rankin serves in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly for the Nova Scotia Liberal Party, representing the electoral district of Timberlea-Prospect.
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On February 6,2021, Iain Rankin was announced the Leader of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party after a competitive leadership race.
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On February 23,2021, Iain Rankin became the 29th premier of Nova Scotia.
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Iain Rankin called an election for August 17,2021, which his Liberal Party lost to the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia led by Tim Houston.
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Iain Rankin thereafter served as Leader of the Opposition in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.
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On January 5,2022, Iain Rankin announced that he will resign as leader of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party once a new leader is chosen.
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Iain Rankin was succeeded as leader by Zach Churchill in the 2022 leadership election.
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Iain Rankin currently serves as the House Leader for the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.
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Iain Thomas Rankin was born in Inverness, Nova Scotia, and grew up in Timberlea.
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Iain Rankin is the son of long-term Halifax city councillor Reg Rankin.
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Iain Rankin received a diploma in Professional Golf Management from Holland College, a Bachelor of Business Administration from Mount Saint Vincent University in 2006 and a Masters of Arts in International Politics at CERIS-ULB Diplomatic School of Brussels.
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Iain Rankin was the Director of Operations for Dymon Storage Corporation, in Ottawa, Ontario.
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Iain Rankin went on to work as a project manager in the commercial division of Armco Capital.
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In 2014 with the support of local residents, Iain Rankin participated in a campaign with lawn signs targeting speeders with a message to slow down.
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In 2015, Iain Rankin chaired an all-Party working group established by the Committee on Assembly Matters.
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Iain Rankin introduced a motion to approve the Nova Scotia House of Assembly policy on prevention and resolution of harassment in the workplace, drafted by the all-Party working group established by this committee on September 28,2015.
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Iain Rankin participated in a virtual event commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children in June 2021, speaking alongside MLA Tony Ince, Senator Wanda Thomas Bernard, Judge Corrine Sparks and Rev Rhonda Britton.
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Iain Rankin first ran for public office in the 2013 Nova Scotia general election and was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.
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Iain Rankin was vice-chair of the public accounts committee, and a member of the assembly matters and the private and local bills committees.
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Iain Rankin was a member of the House of Assembly Management Commission.
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On June 15,2017, Iain Rankin was appointed to the Executive Council of Nova Scotia as Minister of Environment.
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Iain Rankin hired the first dedicated crown prosecutor to handle cases related to the Environment Act, food safety, public health, meat inspection, fisheries and aquaculture, animal welfare, natural resources and the fur industry.
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Iain Rankin passed legislation to introduce a cap and trade system in Nova Scotia.
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On July 5,2018, Iain Rankin was moved to Minister of Lands and Forestry in a cabinet shuffle.
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Iain Rankin signed the first ever Mi'kmaq Forest Initiative giving the Mi'kmaq forest planning and management responsibility on two blocks of Crown land, totalling about twenty-thousand hectares.
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Iain Rankin resigned from cabinet in October 2020 and announced his candidacy for the leadership of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.
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On October 5,2020, Iain Rankin launched his campaign for leadership of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party, following Premier Stephen McNeil's announcement that he would be stepping down from his office.
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On February 6,2021, Iain Rankin was announced the leader of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party, and premier-designate of Nova Scotia.
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On February 23,2021, Iain Rankin became the 29th Premier of Nova Scotia, succeeding Stephen McNeil following a competitive leadership election.
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Iain Rankin appointed Andrea Anderson as the province's public service commissioner, the first person of colour to head the commission.
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Iain Rankin created new Offices for Equity and Anti-Racism Initiatives, as well as Mental Health and Addictions.
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Iain Rankin signed a $605 million agreement with the federal government to establish $10 per day childcare in Nova Scotia, by 2026.
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On his first day in office, Iain Rankin announced incentives for the purchase of new and used electric vehicles as well as energy efficiency support for low-income Nova Scotians.
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The Iain Rankin government announced 61 more wilderness areas, nature reserves and provincial parks.
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In recognition of Mi'kmaq people, language, and the significant geographical location, Iain Rankin unveiled a new sign in Mi'kmaq, labelled "Pjila'si Unama'kik", at the causeway in Cape Breton, along with Mi'kmaq elders and chiefs.
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The Iain Rankin government invested $5 million to help make the sports more inclusive and accessible.
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Iain Rankin was responsible for launching a new Forest innovation Centre at the Nova Scotia Community College.
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Iain Rankin launched a plan to add 264 new long-term care beds and replace 1,298 beds at 14 nursing homes and three residential care facilities across the province.
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On January 5,2022, Iain Rankin announced that he will resign as leader of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party once a new leader is chosen.
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Iain Rankin was succeeded as Liberal leader and Leader of the Opposition by Zach Churchill after the 2022 leadership election.