Eddie Orrell

Eddie Orrell
MLA for Northside-Westmount
Incumbent
Assumed office October 8, 2013
Preceded by	new riding
MLA for Cape Breton North
In office June 21, 2011 – October 8, 2013
Preceded by	Cecil Clarke
Succeeded by	riding dissolved
Personal details
Born	February 7, 1965
Political party	Progressive Conservative
Residence	North Sydney, Nova Scotia
Occupation	physiotherapist

Ralph Edward Orrell (born February 7, 1965) is a politician in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represents the electoral district of Northside-Westmount in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. He is a Progressive Conservative.

On June 21, 2011, Orrell was elected in a byelection for the electoral district of Cape Breton North.^[1] In the 2013 provincial election, Orrell was re-elected in the new riding of Northside-Westmount.^[2]

Education

He graduated from Memorial Composite High School in 1983. Orrell graduated from Dalhousie University in 1987.

Electoral record

Nova Scotia general election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Progressive Conservative	Eddie Orrell	4179	44.03
	Liberal	John Higgins	3716	39.12
	New Democratic Party	Cecil Snow	1597	16.82

June 21, 2011 By-election^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Progressive Conservative	Eddie Orrell	3975	54.88
	New Democratic Party	Russell MacDonald	2265	31.27
	Liberal	Brian McGean	931	12.85
	Atlantica	Jonathan Dean	72	0.99

References

1. "Tory Eddie Orrell wins CB North byelection". CBC News. June 21, 2011. Retrieved 2014-09-21.
2. "Orrell takes Northside-Westmount riding after close race". Cape Breton Post. October 8, 2013. Retrieved 2014-09-21.
3. http://electionsnovascotia.ca/results/byelections/2011%20Cape%20Breton%20North%20By-election%20Results.pdf

External links

• Members of the Nova Scotia Legislative Assembly