Brian Comer
Brian Comer | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly for Sydney River-Mira-Louisbourg | |
| Assumed office September 3, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Alfie MacLeod |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 26, 1985 |
| Party | Progressive Conservative |
Brian Keith Comer (born December 26, 1985)[1] is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in a by-election on September 3, 2019.[2] He represents the electoral district of Sydney River-Mira-Louisbourg as a member of the Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia caucus.
On August 31, 2021, Comer was made Minister of Communications Nova Scotia, as well as Minister responsible for Youth and Mental Health and Addictions.[3]
Prior to his election to the legislature, Comer worked as mental health and addictions nurse at the Cape Breton Regional Hospital.[4]
Electoral record
| 2024 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton East | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Brian Comer | 4,250 | 61.34 | +15.07 | ||||
| Liberal | Joe Ward | 1,737 | 25.07 | -11.66 | ||||
| New Democratic | Isabel Lalonde | 942 | 13.60 | -3.41 | ||||
| Total | 6,929 | – | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 50 | |||||||
| Turnout | 6,980 | 48.50 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 14,391 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | |||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[5] | ||||||||
| 2021 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton East | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Brian Comer | 3,897 | 46.27 | +2.54 | $55,547.93 | |||
| Liberal | Heather Peters | 3,094 | 36.73 | +5.36 | $65,200.97 | |||
| New Democratic | Barbara Beaton | 1,432 | 17.00 | +9.32 | $24,642.72 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 8,423 | 99.37 | -0.29 | $81,087.67 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 53 | 0.63 | +0.29 | |||||
| Turnout | 8,476 | 61.42 | +12.56 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 13,801 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -1.41 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[6][7] | ||||||||
References
- ^ The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present: Comer, Brian Keith, page 51 Nova Scotia Legislature
- ^ "Comer continues PC blue in Sydney River-Mira-Louisbourg". Valley Journal Advertiser, September 3, 2019.
- ^ "New Cabinet to Deliver Solutions for Nova Scotians". 11 May 2018.
- ^ "PC Party selects candidate for Sydney River- Mira-Louisbourg byelection". Cape Breton Post, August 7, 2019.
- ^ Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (2025). 42nd Provincial General Election, November 26, 2024: Volume 1 – Statement of Votes & Statistics (PDF) (Report). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved February 1, 2026.
- ^ Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (2022). 41st Provincial General Election, August 17, 2021: Volume 1 – Statement of Votes & Statistics (PDF) (Report). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved February 1, 2026.
- ^ Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (2022). 41st Provincial General Election, August 17, 2021: Volume 3 – Financial Information & Statistics (PDF) (Report). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved February 1, 2026.