Len Goucher

Len Goucher
MLA for Bedford
In office
2006–2009
Preceded by Peter Christie
Succeeded by Kelly Regan
Personal details
Born September 19, 1947
Political party Progressive Conservative

Len Goucher (born September 19, 1947) is a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Bedford in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 2006 to 2009. He is a member of the Progressive Conservatives.[1]

A town councilor in Bedford, Nova Scotia from 1988 to 1996, Goucher was elected to Halifax Regional Council in 2000.[2] He was re-elected in 2004 and served as Deputy Mayor of the Halifax Regional Municipality.[3] He entered provincial politics in the 2006 election, defeating Liberal leader Francis MacKenzie in the Bedford riding.[4][5] In June 2006, Goucher was appointed to the Executive Council of Nova Scotia as Minister of Tourism, Culture and Heritage.[6] In October 2007, Goucher was shuffled to Minister of Immigration.[7] In January 2009, Goucher was given two additional roles in cabinet, becoming Minister of the Public Service Commission, and Minister of Seniors.[8] In the 2009 election, Goucher was defeated by Liberal Kelly Regan.[9]

In February 2010, he became embroiled in a spending scandal involving inappropriate expenses charged to the public by a number of Nova Scotia MLAs.[10] Goucher was singled out by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation when they highlighted Nova Scotian politicians for their "outrageous" expense claims, naming him the all-star of the scandal and giving him the nickname Len "the master of multi-tasking" Goucher.[11] On February 14, 2011 the RCMP released its long awaited investigation results and Goucher was cleared of any wrongdoing.

References

  1. ↑ "Electoral History for Bedford" (PDF). Nova Scotia Legislative Library. Retrieved 2015-04-08.
  2. ↑ "Cabinet biography". Nova Scotia Legislature. Archived from the original on April 14, 2009. Retrieved 2015-04-08.
  3. ↑ "PC Len Goucher runs for re-election". Bedford Beacon. May 7, 2009. Retrieved 2015-04-08.
  4. ↑ "Bedford". CBC News. June 13, 2006. Retrieved 2015-04-08.
  5. ↑ "Nova Scotia Premier fiddles, Liberals burn". The Globe and Mail. June 13, 2006. Retrieved 2015-04-08.
  6. ↑ "MacDonald's expanded cabinet has 3 rookies". CBC News. June 26, 2006. Retrieved 2015-04-08.
  7. ↑ "Embattled immigration minister out in shuffle". CBC News. October 23, 2007. Retrieved 2014-10-14.
  8. ↑ "N.S. Premier Rodney MacDonald shuffles cabinet; one new face". Cape Breton Post. January 7, 2009. Retrieved 2015-04-08.
  9. ↑ "Nine Tory cabinet ministers bounced". The Chronicle Herald. June 10, 2009. Archived from the original on June 13, 2009. Retrieved 2015-04-08.
  10. ↑ "Former MLA Goucher biggest spender". CBC News. February 10, 2010. Retrieved 2015-07-25.
  11. ↑ "N.S. MLAs 'honoured' for wastefulness". CBC News. March 10, 2010. Retrieved 2015-07-25.


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