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|honorific-prefix=[[The Honourable]]<br />
|honorific-suffix= [[Executive Council of Nova Scotia|ECNS]]<br />
| name = Bill Dooks<br />
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|1|24}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Musquodoboit Harbour, Nova Scotia]]<br />
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| office = [[Nova Scotia House of Assembly|MLA]] for [[Eastern Shore (electoral district)|Eastern Shore]]<br />
| term_start = 1999<br />
| term_end = 2009<br />
| predecessor = [[Keith Colwell]]<br />
| successor = [[Sid Prest]]<br />
| party = [[Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia|Progressive Conservative]]<br />
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'''Bill Dooks''' (born January 24, 1956) is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] politician, who served as the [[Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia|Progressive Conservative]] member for [[Eastern Shore (electoral district)|Eastern Shore]] in the [[Nova Scotia House of Assembly]] from 1999 to 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/eastern%20shore.pdf|title=Electoral History for Eastern Shore|publisher=Nova Scotia Legislative Library|accessdate=2018-04-23}}</ref><br />
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Born in [[Musquodoboit Harbour, Nova Scotia]], Dooks worked in banking before entering politics. He was first elected to [[Halifax County, Nova Scotia|Halifax County]] Council in 1994. He was re-elected in 1996 to sit on the newly formed [[Halifax Regional Council]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gov.ns.ca/legislature/MEMBERS/cabinet/dooks.html|title=Cabinet biography|publisher=Nova Scotia Legislature|accessdate=2015-04-07|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090403054752/http://www.gov.ns.ca/legislature/MEMBERS/cabinet/dooks.html|archivedate=April 3, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.halifax.ca/archives/MayorsAndCouncillors/documents/HRMElectedOfficials.pdf|title=Halifax Regional Municipality elected officials|publisher=Halifax Regional Municipality|accessdate=2015-04-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150414020833/https://www.halifax.ca/archives/MayorsAndCouncillors/documents/HRMElectedOfficials.pdf|archive-date=2015-04-14|url-status=dead}}</ref> when Halifax County was amalgamated with the cities of [[Halifax (former city)|Halifax]], [[Dartmouth, Nova Scotia|Dartmouth]], and the town of [[Bedford, Nova Scotia|Bedford]].<br />
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Dooks entered provincial politics in the [[1999 Nova Scotia general election|1999 election]], defeating Liberal cabinet minister [[Keith Colwell]] in the riding of Eastern Shore.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/99EASTERN.pdf|title=July 27, 1999 Nova Scotia provincial general election (Eastern Shore)|publisher=Elections Nova Scotia|year=1999|accessdate=2015-04-05}}</ref> In September 1999, Dooks was appointed Deputy House Leader for the Government.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://novascotia.ca/news/release/?id=19990916003|title=Government Caucus Appointments|publisher=Government of Nova Scotia|date=September 16, 1999|accessdate=2015-04-05}}</ref> He was re-elected in the [[2003 Nova Scotia general election|2003 election]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/03dist22.pdf|title=August 5, 2003 Nova Scotia provincial general election (Eastern Shore)|publisher=Elections Nova Scotia|year=2003|accessdate=2015-04-05}}</ref> In February 2006, he was appointed to the [[Executive Council of Nova Scotia]] as Minister of Energy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/macdonald-mixes-cabinet-with-old-and-new-1.600676|title=MacDonald mixes cabinet with old and new|publisher=CBC News|date=February 23, 2006|accessdate=2014-10-14}}</ref> Dooks was re-elected in the [[2006 Nova Scotia general election|2006 election]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/dist22_0.pdf|title=June 13, 2006 Nova Scotia provincial general election (Eastern Shore)|publisher=Elections Nova Scotia|year=2006|accessdate=2015-04-05}}</ref> and remained Minister of Energy until October 23, 2007, when he was shuffled to Minister of Tourism, Culture, and Heritage.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/embattled-immigration-minister-out-in-shuffle-1.661170|title=Embattled immigration minister out in shuffle|publisher=CBC News|date=October 23, 2007|accessdate=2014-10-14}}</ref> He was defeated by New Democrat [[Sid Prest]] when he ran for re-election in the [[2009 Nova Scotia general election|2009 election]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thechronicleherald.ca/Election/1126468.html|title=Nine Tory cabinet ministers bounced|work=The Chronicle Herald|date=June 10, 2009|accessdate=2015-04-05|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090613061400/http://thechronicleherald.ca/Election/1126468.html|archivedate=June 13, 2009}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia MLAs]]<br />
[[Category:Halifax Regional Municipality councillors]]<br />
[[Category:Members of the Executive Council of Nova Scotia]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century members of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly]]<br />
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