Preceded by Louis-Roland Comeau Role Jurist Name Charles Haliburton | Occupation Judge, politician Preceded by Coline Campbell Succeeded by Coline Campbell | |
Born April 23, 1938 (age 86)
Wolfville, Nova Scotia ( 1938-04-23 ) Political party Progressive Conservative Party Progressive Conservative Party of Canada | ||
Charles Edward Haliburton (born April 23, 1938) is a jurist and former politician in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.
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Education and legal career
Haliburton graduated from Acadia University in 1959 with a Bachelor of Arts and then from Dalhousie University in 1962 with a Bachelor of Laws. He was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1978. Haliburton served as an Adjudicator for Small Claims Court, as both a provincial and federal Crown Prosecutor, and as Solicitor for the Municipality and the Town of Digby. He also served as Councilor and then as Mayor of the Town of Digby.
Haliburton returned to private practice after politics and was subsequently appointed to the bench in 1993. He retired from the Nova Scotia Supreme Court in 2013.
Political career
Haliburton was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1972 federal election as the Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament for South Western Nova. He lost his seat in the 1974 election, but regained a seat for the new riding of South West Nova in the 1979 federal election that brought the Tories to power under Joe Clark. He again lost his seat in the 1980 federal election following the defeat of Clark's minority government in the House of Commons.