NDP Hold Halifax-Needham

by Bobby NockAugust 31, 2016

Lisa Roberts held the constituency of Halifax-Needham for the NDP in yesterday’s by-election.

The former journalist and community volunteer took more than half of the total votes with just over 25-hundred.

The Liberal’s Rod Wilson came second with 1,662 votes.

Progressive Conservative Andy Arsenault picked up 600 votes and the Green Party’s Thomas Trappenberg got 161.

Roberts replaces long-time NDP MLA Maureen MacDonald, who retired from politics in April.

According to Elections Nova Scotia, overall voter turnout was 32.5 per cent.

Bobby Nock

Bobby grew up in Whycocomagh before moving to Halifax to attend university where he earned a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Journalism degree. After university, Bobby moved back to Cape Breton where he began working as a freelance journalist and has done work for both print media and as a broadcast journalist. As the News Director, Bobby Nock will get your day started by bringing you information that helps connect you to the community with all the latest in local news.

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