Claudia Chender
Claudia Chender (born 1976)[1] is a Canadian politician, who was first elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in the 2017 provincial election, and re-elected in 2021. A member of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party, she is the NDP House Leader and represents the electoral district of Dartmouth South.[2]
Claudia Chender | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly for Dartmouth South | |
| Assumed office May 30, 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Marian Mancini |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1977 |
| Political party | New Democratic Party |
| Spouse(s) | Jamie MacLellan |
| Residence | Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
Early life and education
Chender is a lawyer by training and has worked in the not for profit and private sectors. She was raised in the Buddhist and Jewish traditions.[3] She graduated from Dalhousie University in 1999 with a Bachelor of Arts and then from the University of Victoria in 2004 with a Bachelor of Laws. She lives in Dartmouth South with her husband and three children.
Electoral record
| 2017 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Claudia Chender | 3,545 | 39.7% | +4.45 | ||||
| Liberal | Vishal Bhardwaj | 3,348 | 37.4% | +3.41 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jad Crnogorac | 1,418 | 15.9% | -7.26 | ||||
| Green | June Trenholm | 506 | 5.7% | -- | ||||
| Atlantica | Jim Murray | 123 | 1.4% | |||||
| Total valid votes | 100.0 | |||||||
References
- The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present: Chender, Claudia, page 41 Nova Scotia Legislature
- "Nova Scotia election: NDP Claudia Chender elected in Dartmouth South riding". Global News, May 30, 2017.
- "Women team up to ‘uplift’ downtown" Archived 2017-06-09 at the Wayback Machine. Halifax Chronicle Herald, February 25, 2014.
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