28 Facts About Trevor Zinck

Trevor Zinck served as the member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly for the riding of Dartmouth North as a New Democrat and as an independent.

Trevor Zinck was first elected for the New Democratic Party in the 2006 election, succeeding retiring NDP MLA Jerry Pye.

Trevor Zinck served as the Community Services critic for the NDP and was re-elected in the 2009 election.

In connection with the Nova Scotia parliamentary expenses scandal, Zinck pleaded guilty on June 17,2013 to charges of fraud over $5,000 and breach of trust by a public officer, and resigned from the Nova Scotia legislature.

Trevor Zinck was sentenced to 4 months of imprisonment, followed by 1 year of probation.

On March 25,2010, Trevor Zinck was suspended from the Nova Scotia NDP caucus over "persistent" expense irregularities.

On February 14,2011, it was announced that Trevor Zinck was among four people facing criminal charges in connection with the RCMP investigation into 2010s MLA expense scandal.

Trevor Zinck was charged with fraud exceeding $5,000, breach of trust by a public officer, and two counts of theft over $5,000, after filing fraudulent expense claims totalling $10,060.

The boy's father testified during the trial that the family never received the money, though Trevor Zinck was nonetheless reimbursed for it.

The business manager of a non-profit woodworking shop, a man by the name of Gus Brushett, testified that Trevor Zinck had paid $660 to participate in a golf tournament in the summer of 2008 and subsequently filed an expense claim for $1,200 in April 2008, for which he was reimbursed.

Trevor Zinck pleaded guilty on June 17,2013, to charges of fraud over $5,000 and breach of trust by a public officer.

Trevor Zinck admitted in an agreed statement of facts that he filed expense claims totalling $10,060 in 2008 and 2009 for which the Speaker's Office reimbursed him, even though the items listed in his claims were never actually purchased.

Trevor Zinck made the decision after being informed by a reporter that his severance package, formally called a "transition allowance", would not be available to him should his exit from the legislature come via expulsion.

Trevor Zinck promptly contacted legislative counsel to confirm that his transition allowance would be in jeopardy, and then immediately announced his resignation.

Trevor Zinck stated upon his resignation that he didn't want to lose the transition allowance because a single mother employed at his constituency office would then be left with no income.

Gosse said the woman employed at Trevor Zinck's office had worked for more than two years and would thus be entitled to twelve weeks' pay as a result of the office closure.

Trevor Zinck had no comment when approached by reporters outside court.

Trevor Zinck's name was absent from the final list of candidates for the 2013 Nova Scotia provincial election, meaning that he decided not to run for re-election.

Trevor Zinck had earlier stated in August 2013 that he still planned to run provincially.

On October 9,2013, Trevor Zinck was sentenced to four months in jail followed by one year of probation.

Trevor Zinck was ordered to attend counselling regarding alcohol abuse, gambling addiction, and mental health issues.

In 2015 Marshall said that Trevor Zinck had repaid some of the money but still owed him over $7,000.

Trevor Zinck has admitted to drinking and gambling problems in the past, for which he received counselling to "address the issues".

At a preliminary hearing on January 27,2014, Trevor Zinck pleaded not guilty in a Dartmouth courtroom to the charge of drunk driving.

On March 27,2015, Halifax Regional Police officer Dan Kavanaugh told the provincial court that Trevor Zinck was belligerent and resistant when he was pulled over for a breathalyzer test on October 2,2013.

Kavanaugh said Trevor Zinck initially agreed to the breathalyzer but became increasingly unco-operative and began cursing and shouting, asking the police if they knew who he was.

Trevor Zinck had been reported missing to police by an unknown party two days prior.

Halifax police subsequently announced that Trevor Zinck had in fact never been missing.