{{short description|Canadian politician|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = <!-- only free-content images are allowed for depicting living people - see WP:NONFREE --> | honorific_prefix = The Honourable | honorific_suffix = ECNS | name = Bill Dooks | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|1|24}} | birth_place = Musquodoboit Harbour, Nova Scotia | office = MLA for Eastern Shore | term_start = 1999 | term_end = 2009 | predecessor = Keith Colwell | successor = Sid Prest | party = Progressive Conservative | occupation = }}

'''Bill Dooks''' (born January 24, 1956) is a Canadian politician, who served as the Progressive Conservative member for 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>

Born in Musquodoboit Harbour, Nova Scotia, Dooks worked in banking before entering politics. He was first elected to 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, Dartmouth, and the town of Bedford.

Dooks entered provincial politics in the 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 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 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 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>

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{{Rodney MacDonald Ministry}}

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