Don Chard

{{Short description|Canadian politician}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = | name = Don Chard | caption = | birth_date = | birth_place = | office = MLA for Dartmouth South | term_start = 1998 | term_end = 1999 | predecessor = John Savage | successor = Tim Olive | party = New Democratic Party | occupation = }}

'''Donald F. Chard''' is a former Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Dartmouth South in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1998 to 1999. He was a member of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party.

Chard was a member of the former Dartmouth district school board and a planner with Parks Canada who first ran for provincial politics in the 1993 election.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?1998/02/20+277.raw+PE98Feb20+2|title=Chard NDP's pick in Dartmouth South|work=The Chronicle Herald|date=February 20, 1998|accessdate=October 4, 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050123221403/http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?1998%2F02%2F20+277.raw+PE98Feb20+2|archivedate=January 23, 2005|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was defeated,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201993.pdf |title=Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1993 |publisher=Elections Nova Scotia |year=1993 |accessdate=October 4, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006070337/http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201993.pdf |archivedate=October 6, 2014 }}</ref> but ran again in the 1998 election, winning the Dartmouth South seat for the NDP.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?1998/03/25+248.raw+PE98Mar25+2|title=NDP takes metro|work=The Chronicle Herald|date=March 25, 1998|accessdate=October 4, 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050124004424/http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?1998%2F03%2F25+248.raw+PE98Mar25+2|archivedate=January 24, 2005|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/Dist22.pdf|title=Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1998 (Dartmouth South)|publisher=Elections Nova Scotia|year=1998|accessdate=October 4, 2014}}</ref> In May 1998, he was elected Deputy Speaker of the House of Assembly.<ref>{{cite news|title=Failure in election of Speaker leaves N.S. government shaky NDP Leader says vote of no confidence may be coming soon|work=The Globe and Mail|date=May 22, 1998}}</ref> He was defeated by Progressive Conservative Tim Olive when he ran for re-election in the 1999 election.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?1999/07/30+210.raw+PE99Jul30+2|title=Defeated MLAs lining up new jobs|work=The Chronicle Herald|date=July 30, 1999|accessdate=October 4, 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050124083038/http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?1999%2F07%2F30+210.raw+PE99Jul30+2|archivedate=January 24, 2005|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/99DARTS.pdf|title=Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1999 (Dartmouth South)|publisher=Elections Nova Scotia|year=1999|accessdate=October 4, 2014}}</ref> Chard made another attempt at the NDP nomination in 2003, but lost a coin toss to Marilyn More after the vote count ended in a tie.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.herald.ns.ca/stories/2003/03/01/fMetro183.raw.html|title=Coin toss decides NDP candidate in Dartmouth riding|work=The Chronicle Herald|date=March 1, 2003|accessdate=October 4, 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20030505140244/http://www.herald.ns.ca/stories/2003/03/01/fMetro183.raw.html|archivedate=May 5, 2003}}</ref> As of October 2019, Chard was still giving public lectures.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Griffin, Volume 44 |url=https://static1.squarespace.com/static/600ee7283c156d341b580063/t/60aea47bac3d6443ff08d44b/1622058118658/Griffin-Vol44.4-Dec2019.pdf |access-date=14 August 2024 |pages=9 |date=December 2019}}</ref>

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