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Canadian politician
A.K.A.
Brian Keith Comer
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Male
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Birth:
1985
The details
Biography
Introduction
Brian Keith Comer (born 1985) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in a by-election on September 3, 2019. He represents the electoral district of Sydney River-Mira-Louisbourg as a member of the Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia caucus.
On August 31, 2021, Comer was made Minister of Communications Nova Scotia, as well as Minister responsible for Youth and Mental Health and Addictions.
Prior to his election to the legislature, Comer worked as mental health and addictions nurse at the Cape Breton Regional Hospital.
Electoral record
| 2021 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton East | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Brian Comer | 3,897 | 46.27 | +2.54 | $55,547.93 | |||
| Liberal | Heather Peters | 3,094 | 36.73 | +5.36 | $65,200.97 | |||
| New Democratic | Barbara Beaton | 1,432 | 17.00 | +9.32 | $24,642.72 | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 8,423 | 99.37 | -0.29 | $81,087.67 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 53 | 0.63 | +0.29 | |||||
| Turnout | 8,476 | 61.42 | +12.56 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 13,801 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -1.41 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia | ||||||||