IN THE SPOTLIGHT
N ova Scotia has its first Progressive Con - servative premier since 2009, with Tory Leader Tim Houston leading his party to victory with a campaign that promised to spend massively on health care. We sat down with the 51-year-old former chartered accountant to chat about family, along with his professional and polit - ical journey. Houston has always been considered a political underdog whether it was in his campaign as MLA for Pictou East to his capturing the Tory leadership on the first ballot to earning the trust of Bluenosers as the 30th Premier of Nova Scotia. POLITICAL UNDERDOG TO NOVA SCOTIA’S 30TH PREMIER by Lee Ann Atwater TIM HOUSTON Spotlight: We know that you were born in Halifax and lived in different places around the world as your father was in the military. What was it like and when did your family make Halifax home again? Premier Houston: Looking back, it was an incred- ible way to grow up. We moved from Halifax to Summerside before I started school, then to Trenton, Ontario for a few years before moving to Comox, British Columbia and finally back to
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is where I developed my, “Head down, get stuff done” outlook.
Halifax for my father’s retirement posting. My Mom grew up in the North End of Halifax and they always hoped to return and settle down in Nova Scotia. I have the earliest of childhood memories of Comox because I was there from grade 3 to grade 8, but Halifax is home. I went to junior high, high school and university here. I think when you move a lot as a child and are always making new friends, settling into new schools and new teams, you learn to be resilient. Since my Dad was away a lot, for months on end at times, a lot fell to my Mom and watching her
“ Since my Dad was away a lot, for months on end at times, a lot fell to my Mom and watching her is where I developed my, “Head down, get stuff done” outlook.”
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JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2022 • SPOTLIGHT ON BUSINESS MAGAZINE
SPOTLIGHT ON BUSINESS MAGAZINE • JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2022
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