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John Hamm
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Hon. John F. Hamm
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!align=right|Rank:
|31st Premier
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!align=right|Term of Office:
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August 16,
1999 -
February 24,
2006
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!align=right|Predecessor:
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Russell MacLellan
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!align=right|Successor:
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Rodney MacDonald
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!align=right|Date of Birth:
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April 8,
1938
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!align=right|Place of Birth:
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New Glasgow, Nova Scotia
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!align=right|Spouse:
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Genesta Hamm
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!align=right|Profession:
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Medical Doctor
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!align=right|Political affiliation:
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Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia|Progressive Conservative
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Dr. John Frederick Hamm, Member of the Legislative Assembly|MLA ,
Doctor of Medicine (born
Doctor of Medicine (born
April 8,
1938) is a
Canadian physician and politician and was the 31st
premier of
Nova Scotia,
Canada.
Hamm, a graduate of the
University of King's College and
Dalhousie University, was a family doctor in his hometown of
New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, and the president of the Nova Scotia Medical Society. He entered politics in
1993, becoming the Member of the
House of Assembly for the
riding of
Pictou Centre.
Hamm became leader of the
Progressive Conservative Party (Nova Scotia)|Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia in
1995. His party won 14 seats in the
1998 provincial election and held the balance of power in a minority government where both the
Liberal Party (Nova Scotia)|Liberal Party and the
New Democratic Party (Nova Scotia)|New Democratic Party had nineteen seats. His party defeated the government on a budget vote on June 17,
1999, in the subsequent election on
July 27,
1999, Hamm became the new
Premier, winning 30 of the 52 seats in the provincial legislature.
After taking office, Hamm sold or closed government-owned industries such as
Sydney Steel. He invested more in
education and
health care, and implemented some
tax cuts.
In
2001 Hamm was at odds with the
Nova Scotia Government Employees Union, trying to legislate nurses back to work after a long and bitter strike.
In the
2003 Nova Scotia election|2003 election Hamm's Progressive Conservatives were reduced to a
minority government. The main issue in that election was the increasing cost of
car insurance and whether Nova Scotia should begin to allow general
Sunday shopping. Due to the minority government Hamm's government had to compromise on the automobile insurance issue, and put the Sunday shopping issue to a province-wide plebiscite. Hamm is opposed to
Sunday shopping and a
public auto insurance system.
On
September 29,
2005 Hamm shocked
Nova Scotia by announcing his intention to retire as Premier and PC Leader. He had been expected to call an election in fall of
2005, but he rejected that idea earlier in September amid public outcry over soaring
gas prices and polls showing the ruling Tories slipping in popularity. In the
Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative leadership election, 2006,
Rodney MacDonald was elected his successor.
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Russell MacLellan|
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List of Nova Scotia premiers|Premier of Nova Scotia|
years=
1999–
2006|
after=
Rodney MacDonald
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Category:1938 births
Category:Living people
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