List of people from the Halifax Regional Municipality

This is a list of people who were born in the communities making up the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia or spent a significant part of their lives there. == Politicians == Sir Frederick Borden (1847–1917), Minister of Militia and Defence (Canada) (1896-1911) Sir Robert Borden (1854–1937), Prime Minister of Canada (1911-20) John Buchanan PC, QC (1931–2019), lawyer, 20th Premier of Nova Scotia 1978–1990, member of the Senate of Canada 1990–2006 Walter Fitzgerald (1936–2014), Mayor of Halifax, 1971–1974, 1994–1996 John Godfrey (1942–2023), Member of Parliament (1993–2008), President of University of King's College (1977–1987), Financial Post editor (1987–1991) Joseph Howe (1804–1873), press freedom advocate and activist, journalist, politician and public servant Mary Theresa King-Myers, first female municipal councillor in rural Canada Megan Leslie (born 1973), former Member of Parliament and Deputy Leader of the federal New Democratic Party (2012–2015) Angus L. MacDonald, 12th and 14th Premier of Nova Scotia 1933–1940, 1945–1954 and federal Minister of National Defence for Naval Services, 1940–1945 Alexa McDonough (1944–2022), former Member of Parliament and Leader of the provincial (1980-1994) and federal New Democratic Party (1995–2003) Gerald Regan, PC, QC (1928–2019), 19th Premier of Nova Scotia 1970–1978, federal cabinet minister 1980–1984 Jo-Ann Roberts (born 1956), interim leader, Green Party of Canada, 2019-2020 Sir John Sparrow David Thompson (1845–1894), Prime Minister of Canada (1892–94) Sir Charles Tupper (1821–1915), Prime Minister of Canada (1896) Ronald Wallace (1916–2008), Mayor of Halifax, 1970–1978 === Civil rights leaders === Yvonne Atwell (born 1943), MLA, community leader Viola Desmond (1914–1965), Afro-Nova Scotian civil and women's rights activist and businesswoman James Robinson Johnston (1876–1915), lawyer and community leader Rocky Jones (1941–2013), lawyer, civil rights leader William Pearly Oliver (1912–1989), civil rights leader Richard Preston (1791–1861), religious leader, abolitionist == Business leaders == David Bentley (businessman), U.K.-born publisher, editor, founder of The Daily News and Frank magazine William "Bill" Black, (born 1950), Canadian business leader Enos Collins (1774–1871), banker Samuel Cunard (1787–1865), steamship line founder William Dennis (1922–2014), CEO of Halifax Herald, Red Cross Humanitarian award Michael Donovan (born 1953), former CEO and current chairman of DHX Media; recipient of an Academy Award for Best Documentary Charles V. Keating, CM (1933–2005), cable czar Robert P. Kelly, former CEO of BNY Mellon Pete Luckett (born 1953), U.K.-born entrepreneur, vintner, specialty grocer, TV personality Bill Lynch (1903–1972), businessman, philanthropist, carnival showman (Bill Lynch Show) Alexander Keith (1795–1873), brewmaster; former mayor of the city of Halifax; first Grand Master Mason for Nova Scotia Charles Peter McColough (1922–2006), former chairman and CEO of the Xerox Corporation Sidney Culverwell Oland (1886–1977), Oland brewery owner, philanthropist Arnie Patterson (1928–2011), radio czar, brewery manager, former press secretary to Pierre Trudeau John Risley (born c.

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List of people from the Halifax Regional Municipality

This is a list of people who were born in the communities making up the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia or spent a significant part of their lives there. == Politicians == Sir Frederick Borden (1847–1917), Minister of Militia and Defence (Canada) (1896-1911) Sir Robert Borden (1854–1937), Prime Minister of Canada (1911-20) John Buchanan PC, QC (1931–2019), lawyer, 20th Premier of Nova Scotia 1978–1990, member of the Senate of Canada 1990–2006 Walter Fitzgerald (1936–2014), Mayor of Halifax, 1971–1974, 1994–1996 John Godfrey (1942–2023), Member of Parliament (1993–2008), President of University of King's College (1977–1987), Financial Post editor (1987–1991) Joseph Howe (1804–1873), press freedom advocate and activist, journalist, politician and public servant Mary Theresa King-Myers, first female municipal councillor in rural Canada Megan Leslie (born 1973), former Member of Parliament and Deputy Leader of the federal New Democratic Party (2012–2015) Angus L. MacDonald, 12th and 14th Premier of Nova Scotia 1933–1940, 1945–1954 and federal Minister of National Defence for Naval Services, 1940–1945 Alexa McDonough (1944–2022), former Member of Parliament and Leader of the provincial (1980-1994) and federal New Democratic Party (1995–2003) Gerald Regan, PC, QC (1928–2019), 19th Premier of Nova Scotia 1970–1978, federal cabinet minister 1980–1984 Jo-Ann Roberts (born 1956), interim leader, Green Party of Canada, 2019-2020 Sir John Sparrow David Thompson (1845–1894), Prime Minister of Canada (1892–94) Sir Charles Tupper (1821–1915), Prime Minister of Canada (1896) Ronald Wallace (1916–2008), Mayor of Halifax, 1970–1978 === Civil rights leaders === Yvonne Atwell (born 1943), MLA, community leader Viola Desmond (1914–1965), Afro-Nova Scotian civil and women's rights activist and businesswoman James Robinson Johnston (1876–1915), lawyer and community leader Rocky Jones (1941–2013), lawyer, civil rights leader William Pearly Oliver (1912–1989), civil rights leader Richard Preston (1791–1861), religious leader, abolitionist == Business leaders == David Bentley (businessman), U.K.-born publisher, editor, founder of The Daily News and Frank magazine William "Bill" Black, (born 1950), Canadian business leader Enos Collins (1774–1871), banker Samuel Cunard (1787–1865), steamship line founder William Dennis (1922–2014), CEO of Halifax Herald, Red Cross Humanitarian award Michael Donovan (born 1953), former CEO and current chairman of DHX Media; recipient of an Academy Award for Best Documentary Charles V. Keating, CM (1933–2005), cable czar Robert P. Kelly, former CEO of BNY Mellon Pete Luckett (born 1953), U.K.-born entrepreneur, vintner, specialty grocer, TV personality Bill Lynch (1903–1972), businessman, philanthropist, carnival showman (Bill Lynch Show) Alexander Keith (1795–1873), brewmaster; former mayor of the city of Halifax; first Grand Master Mason for Nova Scotia Charles Peter McColough (1922–2006), former chairman and CEO of the Xerox Corporation Sidney Culverwell Oland (1886–1977), Oland brewery owner, philanthropist Arnie Patterson (1928–2011), radio czar, brewery manager, former press secretary to Pierre Trudeau John Risley (born c.

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