{{Short description|Canadian politician}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = | name = Becky Kent | caption = | birth_date = | birth_place = | office = MLA for Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage | term_start = October 2, 2007 | term_end = October 8, 2013 | predecessor = Kevin Deveaux | successor = Joyce Treen | party = New Democratic Party | occupation = early childhood educator, municipal councillor }} '''Rebecca J. Kent''' is a Canadian politician. She represented the electoral district of Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 2007 to 2013. She was a member of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024|reason=The link that was here is dead and not in web archive.}} She presently sits on the Halifax Regional Council.

Kent, an early childhood educator,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.halifaxnewsnet.ca/index.cfm?sid=64134&sc=608|title=Becky Kent: Advocate, volunteer, mother|publisher=Halifax News Net|author=Joanne Oostveen|date=2007-09-20|accessdate=2010-05-21|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130115102727/http://www.halifaxnewsnet.ca/index.cfm?sid=64134&sc=608|archivedate=2013-01-15}}</ref> was elected as a municipal councillor for the Halifax Regional Municipality district of Woodside-Eastern Passage in 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thechronicleherald.ca/metro/1158035-nova-scotia-election-meet-your-metro-halifax-candidates#coleharbourepassage|title=Nova Scotia election: Meet your metro Halifax candidates|work=The Chronicle Herald|date=October 2, 2013|accessdate=2015-04-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150410054203/http://thechronicleherald.ca/metro/1158035-nova-scotia-election-meet-your-metro-halifax-candidates#coleharbourepassage|archive-date=April 10, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> She entered provincial politics in October 2007, winning a by-election in the Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage riding.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/ndp-holds-seat-in-halifax-area-byelection-1.642885|title=NDP holds seat in Halifax-area byelection|publisher=CBC News|date=October 2, 2007|accessdate=2015-04-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cumberlandnewsnow.com//Politics/2007-10-03/article-374301/NDP-hold-on-to-Halifaxarea-seat/1 |title=NDP hold on to Halifax-area seat |publisher=Amherst Daily News|date=October 3, 2007 |accessdate=2024-04-09 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810012325/http://www.cumberlandnewsnow.com//Politics/2007-10-03/article-374301/NDP-hold-on-to-Halifaxarea-seat/1 |archivedate=August 10, 2011}}</ref> She was re-elected in the 2009 election.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/nova-scotia-sends-record-12-women-to-province-house-in-election-1.863245|title=Nova Scotia sends record 12 women to Province House in election|publisher=CBC News|date=June 9, 2009|accessdate=2015-04-05}}</ref> In January 2011, Kent was elected Deputy Speaker.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.capebretonpost.com/News/Local/2011-01-19/article-2132780/Legislature-elects-NDP-backbencher-Gordie-Gosse-as-new-Speaker/1?keepThis=true&TB_iframe=true&height=400&width=700|title=Legislature elects NDP backbencher Gordie Gosse as new Speaker|work=Cape Breton Post|date=January 19, 2011|accessdate=2015-04-05|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150405031817/http://www.capebretonpost.com/News/Local/2011-01-19/article-2132780/Legislature-elects-NDP-backbencher-Gordie-Gosse-as-new-Speaker/1?keepThis=true&TB_iframe=true&height=400&width=700|archive-date=April 5, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> In March 2013, she was appointed ministerial assistant to the Minister of Education.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cumberlandnewsnow.com/News/Local/2013-03-15/article-3201048/Skabar-gets-new-ministerial-assistant-position/1|title=Skabar gets new ministerial assistant position|work=Cumberland News Now|date=March 15, 2013|accessdate=2015-04-05|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141106093003/http://www.cumberlandnewsnow.com/News/Local/2013-03-15/article-3201048/Skabar-gets-new-ministerial-assistant-position/1|archive-date=2014-11-06|url-status=dead}}</ref> Kent was defeated by Liberal Joyce Treen when she ran for re-election in the 2013 election.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/elections/nsvotes2013/ridings/view/nsvotes-riding-012|title=Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage|publisher=CBC News|date=October 9, 2013|accessdate=2015-04-05}}</ref> In the 2020 Halifax municipal election, she returned to Halifax Regional Council as a councillor for Dartmouth South - Eastern Passage.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/halifax-regional-municipality-mike-savage-election-1.5766843|title=Record number of female councillors elected in HRM, Mike Savage returned as mayor|publisher=CBC News|date=October 17, 2020|accessdate=2024-04-09}}</ref>

==Electoral record== {{Election box begin | title=2013 Nova Scotia general election<br />Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage}} |- {{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|row}} |Liberal |Joyce Treen |align="right"|3,057 |align="right"|40.62 |align="right"| |- {{Canadian party colour|NS|NDP|row}} |New Democratic Party |Becky Kent |align="right"|2,914 |align="right"|38.72 |align="right"| |- {{Canadian party colour|NS|PC|row}} |Progressive Conservative |Lloyd Jackson |align="right"|1,555 |align="right"|20.66 |align="right"|

|} {{Election box begin | title=2009 Nova Scotia general election<br />Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage}} |- {{Canadian party colour|NS|NDP|row}} |New Democratic Party |Becky Kent |align="right"|4,402 |align="right"|65.17 |align="right"| |- {{Canadian party colour|NS|PC|row}} |Progressive Conservative Party |Lloyd Jackson |align="right"|1,074 |align="right"|15.9 |align="right"| |- {{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|row}} |Liberal Party |Orest Ulan |align="right"|1,054 |align="right"|15.6 |align="right"| |- {{CANelec|NS|Green|Denise Menard|225|3.33|&ndash;}}

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{{Election box begin | title=Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage by-election<br /> 2 October 2007}} |- {{Canadian party colour|NS|NDP|row}} |New Democratic Party |Becky Kent |align="right"|2,459 |align="right"|44.39 |align="right"| |- {{Canadian party colour|NS|PC|row}} |Progressive Conservative Party |Michael Eddy |align="right"|1,863 |align="right"|33.63 |align="right"| |- {{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|row}} |Liberal Party |Kelly Rambeau |align="right"|958 |align="right"|17.30 |align="right"| |- {{CANelec|NS|Green|Beverley Woodfield|259|4.68|&ndash;}}

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