Sterling William Wallace Belliveau was born on August 5,1953 and is a Canadian politician.
12 Facts About Sterling Belliveau
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Sterling Belliveau grew up in Woods Harbour, Nova Scotia and was previously a self-employed fisherman.
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Sterling Belliveau served for three terms as a municipal councillor representing District 1 on the municipal council for the Municipality of the District of Barrington; two of those terms he served as warden.
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In 2006 Sterling Belliveau successfully ran for the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party nomination in the constituency of Shelburne.
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Sterling Belliveau was elected in the 2006 provincial election, defeating Progressive Conservative candidate Eddie Nickerson by 65 votes.
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Sterling Belliveau's riding was abolished in the 2012 electoral boundary review.
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On June 19,2009, Sterling Belliveau was appointed to the Executive Council of Nova Scotia, serving as Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture as well as Minister of Environment.
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Sterling Belliveau served in the Executive Council until October 22,2013.
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In June 2016, Sterling Belliveau announced that he is not reoffering in the 2017 Nova Scotia general election.
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On February 4,2021, Sterling Belliveau announced he was seeking the Progressive Conservative nomination to run in his former seat as MLA in the reorganized constituency of Queens-Shelburne.
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Sterling Belliveau was quoted as saying, "I can assure you the commercial industry feels they have not had an opportunity to have their voices heard at the table," indicating that he believed Mi'kmaq livelihood fishing affirmed under The Marshall Decision must be tied to the commercial fishing season.
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Sterling Belliveau is married to Luella Jean and they have two adult children and one grandchild.