About Becky Kent
Becky Kent was a Canadian politician and early childhood education.
Rebecca J. Kent is a Canadian politician. She represented the electoral district of Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 2007 to 2013. She was a member of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party. She presently sits on the Halifax Regional Council.
Kent, an early childhood educator, was elected as a municipal councillor for the Halifax Regional Municipality district of Woodside-Eastern Passage in 2004. She entered provincial politics in October 2007, winning a by-election in the Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage riding. She was re-elected in the 2009 election. In January 2011, Kent was elected Deputy Speaker. In March 2013, she was appointed ministerial assistant to the Minister of Education. Kent was defeated by Liberal Joyce Treen when she ran for re-election in the 2013 election. In the 2020 Halifax municipal election, she returned to Halifax Regional Council as a councillor for Dartmouth South - Eastern Passage.
Electoral record Liberal Joyce Treen
New Democratic Party Becky Kent
Progressive Conservative Lloyd Jackson
New Democratic Party Becky Kent
Progressive Conservative Party Lloyd Jackson
Liberal Party Orest Ulan
New Democratic Party Becky Kent
Progressive Conservative Party Michael Eddy
Liberal Party Kelly Rambeau
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