{{Short description|Canadian politician}} {{Use Canadian English|date=September 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = | name = Kevin Pollard | caption = Pollard in 2024 | birth_date = 1958 | birth_place = Roddickton, Newfoundland and Labrador | assembly = Newfoundland and Labrador House of | constituency_AM = Baie Verte-Springdale | term_start = August 27, 2008 | term_end = November 30, 2015 | predecessor = Tom Rideout | successor = ''District Abolished'' | party = Progressive Conservative | occupation = | website = }}
'''Kevin Pollard''' (born 1958 in Roddickton, Newfoundland and Labrador) is a Canadian politician. He was elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly in a by-election on August 27, 2008, representing the electoral district of Baie Verte-Springdale as a member of the Progressive Conservatives.<ref>{{cite news |title=Tories sweep Newfoundland and Labrador byelections |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/tories-sweep-newfoundland-and-labrador-byelections-1.757485 |publisher=CBC News |date=28 August 2008 |access-date=27 April 2014}}</ref> He was defeated in the 2015 election.
Pollard is an alumnus of A.C. Palmer Collegiate in Roddickton. Pollard attended and graduated from Memorial University of Newfoundland.
He is a former mayor of Springdale.<ref name=CBC1>{{cite news | url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/springdale-mayor-earns-pc-nod-for-upcoming-byelection-1.738255 | title=Springdale mayor earns PC nod for upcoming byelection | publisher=CBC News | date=30 June 2008 | accessdate=5 March 2022 }}</ref>
==Electoral record== {{Canadian election result/top|NL|2015|percent=yes|change=yes}} {{CANelec|NL|Liberal|Brian Warr|3,130|56.09|+18.31}} {{CANelec|NL|PC|Kevin Pollard|2,197|39.37|-13.42}} {{CANelec|NL|NDP|Matt Howse|253|4.53|-4.90}} {{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|5,580|100%}} {{end}}
{{Election box begin | title=2011 Newfoundland and Labrador general election}} |- {{CANelec |NL |PC |'''Kevin Pollard''' |2,553 |52.79 |-3.11}} |- {{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|row}} |Liberal |Neil Ward |align="right"|1,827 |align="right"|37.78 |align="right"|+2.61 |- {{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|row}} |NDP |Tim Howse |align="right"|456 |align="right"|9.43 |align="right"|+0.46 |}
{{Election box begin | title=August 27, 2008 Baie Verte-Springdale By-election<br />Resignation of Tom Rideout}} |- {{CANelec |NL |PC |'''Kevin Pollard''' |1,979 |55.90 |–}} |- {{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|row}} |Liberal |Shaun Lane |align="right"|1,245 |align="right"|35.17 |align="right"| |- {{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|row}} |New Democratic Party |Tim Howse |align="right"|316 |align="right"|8.97 |align="right"| |- !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|3,540 !align="right"| !align="right"| {{election box end}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.pcpartynl.ca/person/kevin-pollard/ Kevin Pollard's PC Party biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141016205248/http://www.pcpartynl.ca/person/kevin-pollard/ |date=16 October 2014 }}
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