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Melissa Sheehy-Richard

Sheehy-Richard, Melissa
PC

Melissa Sheehy-Richard was first elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly as MLA for Hants West in 2021 and was re-elected in 2024. She is the first female member to be elected in the constituency of Hants West.

She is the ministerial assistant to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change.

She is currently Deputy Government House Leader. 

She is a paralegal and later operated a home-based business prior to being elected.

She is a former member of the Municipal Planning Advisory Committee, Municipal Climate Change Action Plan Committee, former Registrar of the West Hants Minor Hockey Association and actively involved in her community.

She is Chair of the Veterans Affairs Committee. She is a member of the Human Resources and Internal Affairs Committees.

Constituency Party Start Date
Hants West PC 2021

Bills

Contact details

Constituency office

Civic address:
58 Gerrish Street
P.O. Box 3201
Windsor, NS
B0N 2T0

Phone: 902-798-0121
Fax: 902-798-4783
E-mail: melissa.mlaoffice@gmail.com

Business address

Progressive Conservative Caucus Office
1601 Lower Water Street, Suite 701
Halifax, NS B3J 3P6

Phone: 902-424-2731
Fax: 902-424-7484
E-mail: PCcaucus@novascotia.ca

Maps and history

Constituency History
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