# Bill Dooks

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**Bill Dooks** (born January 24, 1956) is a [Canadian](/source/Canadians) politician, who served as the [Progressive Conservative](/source/Progressive_Conservative_Association_of_Nova_Scotia) member for [Eastern Shore](/source/Eastern_Shore_(electoral_district)) in the [Nova Scotia House of Assembly](/source/Nova_Scotia_House_of_Assembly) from 1999 to 2009.[1]

Born in [Musquodoboit Harbour, Nova Scotia](/source/Musquodoboit_Harbour,_Nova_Scotia), Dooks worked in banking before entering politics. He was first elected to [Halifax County](/source/Halifax_County,_Nova_Scotia) Council in 1994. He was re-elected in 1996 to sit on the newly formed [Halifax Regional Council](/source/Halifax_Regional_Council),[2][3] when Halifax County was amalgamated with the cities of [Halifax](/source/Halifax_(former_city)), [Dartmouth](/source/Dartmouth,_Nova_Scotia), and the town of [Bedford](/source/Bedford,_Nova_Scotia).

Dooks entered provincial politics in the [1999 election](/source/1999_Nova_Scotia_general_election), defeating Liberal cabinet minister [Keith Colwell](/source/Keith_Colwell) in the riding of Eastern Shore.[4] In September 1999, Dooks was appointed Deputy House Leader for the Government.[5] He was re-elected in the [2003 election](/source/2003_Nova_Scotia_general_election).[6] In February 2006, he was appointed to the [Executive Council of Nova Scotia](/source/Executive_Council_of_Nova_Scotia) as Minister of Energy.[7] Dooks was re-elected in the [2006 election](/source/2006_Nova_Scotia_general_election),[8] and remained Minister of Energy until October 23, 2007, when he was shuffled to Minister of Tourism, Culture, and Heritage.[9] He was defeated by New Democrat [Sid Prest](/source/Sid_Prest) when he ran for re-election in the [2009 election](/source/2009_Nova_Scotia_general_election).[10]

## References

1. ["Electoral History for Eastern Shore"](https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/eastern%20shore.pdf). Nova Scotia Legislative Library. Retrieved 2018-04-23.

1. ["Cabinet biography"](http://www.gov.ns.ca/legislature/MEMBERS/cabinet/dooks.html). Nova Scotia Legislature. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20090403054752/http://www.gov.ns.ca/legislature/MEMBERS/cabinet/dooks.html) April 3, 2009 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2015-04-07.

1. ["Halifax Regional Municipality elected officials"](https://web.archive.org/web/20150414020833/https://www.halifax.ca/archives/MayorsAndCouncillors/documents/HRMElectedOfficials.pdf). Halifax Regional Municipality. Archived from [the original](https://www.halifax.ca/archives/MayorsAndCouncillors/documents/HRMElectedOfficials.pdf) on 2015-04-14. Retrieved 2015-04-05.

1. ["July 27, 1999 Nova Scotia provincial general election (Eastern Shore)"](http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/99EASTERN.pdf). Elections Nova Scotia. 1999. Retrieved 2015-04-05.

1. ["Government Caucus Appointments"](https://novascotia.ca/news/release/?id=19990916003). Government of Nova Scotia. September 16, 1999. Retrieved 2015-04-05.

1. ["August 5, 2003 Nova Scotia provincial general election (Eastern Shore)"](http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/03dist22.pdf). Elections Nova Scotia. 2003. Retrieved 2015-04-05.

1. ["MacDonald mixes cabinet with old and new"](http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/macdonald-mixes-cabinet-with-old-and-new-1.600676). CBC News. February 23, 2006. Retrieved 2014-10-14.

1. ["June 13, 2006 Nova Scotia provincial general election (Eastern Shore)"](http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/dist22_0.pdf). Elections Nova Scotia. 2006. Retrieved 2015-04-05.

1. ["Embattled immigration minister out in shuffle"](http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/embattled-immigration-minister-out-in-shuffle-1.661170). CBC News. October 23, 2007. Retrieved 2014-10-14.

1. ["Nine Tory cabinet ministers bounced"](http://thechronicleherald.ca/Election/1126468.html). *The Chronicle Herald*. June 10, 2009. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20090613061400/http://thechronicleherald.ca/Election/1126468.html) June 13, 2009 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2015-04-05.

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