1. John Frederick Hamm was born on April 8,1938 and is a Canadian physician and politician, who served as the 25th premier of Nova Scotia from 1999 to 2006.
12 Facts About John Hamm
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John Hamm entered politics in 1993, becoming the Member of the Legislative Assembly for the riding of Pictou Centre.
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John Hamm was elected leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia in 1995, succeeding Terry Donahoe.
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John Hamm's party won 14 seats in the 1998 provincial election and held the balance of power in a minority government where both the Liberal Party and the New Democratic Party, led by Russell MacLellan and Robert Chisholm, respectively, held nineteen seats.
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John Hamm's Tories defeated the Liberal minority government on a budget vote on June 17,1999, and in the subsequent election on July 27,1999, John Hamm was elected Premier, winning 30 of the 52 seats in the provincial legislature.
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John Hamm invested more in education and health care, and implemented some tax cuts.
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John Hamm's government was the first to truly balance provincial finances in 25 years, following changes in public sector accounting practises.
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In 2001, John Hamm was at odds with the Nova Scotia Government Employees Union, trying to legislate nurses back to work after a legal strike.
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John Hamm is opposed to Sunday shopping and a public auto insurance system.
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On September 29,2005, John Hamm announced his intention to retire as Premier and PC Leader.
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On December 21,2006, John Hamm was appointed Chairperson of Assisted Human Reproduction Canada, a federal agency created to protect and promote the health and safety, human dignity and human rights of Canadians who use or are born of assisted human reproduction technologies, and to foster ethical principles in relation to assisted human reproduction and other related matters.
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Also in October 2014, John Hamm was appointed the Honorary Colonel for the 1st Battalion Nova Scotia Highlanders for the next three years.