Chris d'Entremont
Canadian politician
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Christopher André d'Entremont ECNS MP (born 31 October 1969) is a Canadian politician who is the member of Parliament (MP) for Acadie—Annapolis. A member of the Liberal Party, d'Entremont was first elected to represent the riding (then known as West Nova) in 2019 as a Conservative, before crossing the floor in 2025. He represented Argyle-Barrington in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 2003 to 2019 as a member of the Nova Scotia Progressive Conservatives and served as a provincial cabinet minister. d'Entremont served as deputy speaker and chair of Committees of the Whole from 2021 to 2025, the first Acadian member to do so.
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| Member of Parliament for Acadie—Annapolis West Nova (2019–2025) | |
| Assumed office 21 October 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Colin Fraser |
| Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Chair of Committees of the Whole | |
| In office 24 November 2021 – 28 April 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Bruce Stanton |
| Succeeded by | Tom Kmiec |
| Member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly for Argyle-Barrington Argyle (2003–2013) | |
| In office 5 August 2003 – 31 July 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Neil LeBlanc |
| Succeeded by | Colton LeBlanc |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Christopher André d'Entremont October 31, 1969 Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Party | Liberal (since 2025) |
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| Occupation | Politician |
Early life and education
Born in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, d'Entremont graduated from Loyalist College with a diploma in radio broadcasting in 1992.[1]
Before politics
Before his election in 2003, d'Entremont worked as an announcer at CJLS-FM. Later, he was employed by TriStar Industries, as an electronics salesperson and then for Camille d'Eon Boatbuilders. He was also a development officer for the South West Shore Development Authority.[citation needed]
Political career
Provincial politics
d'Entremont was first elected MLA for Argyle in the 2003 election,[2] and re-elected in the 2006,[3] 2009,[4] 2013[5] and 2017 elections.[6] In August 2003, d'Entremont was appointed to the Executive Council of Nova Scotia as Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, and Minister of Acadian Affairs.[7] He later served as Minister of Health,[8] Minister of Community Services,[9] Minister responsible for the Youth Secretariat, and Chair of the Senior Citizens' Secretariat. He briefly served as the interim Minister of Finance following the death of Michael Baker in March 2009.[10] Those duties were shifted to Jamie Muir seven days later.[11]
In November 2018, d'Entremont announced he was seeking the Conservative nomination in West Nova for the 2019 federal election.[12][13] He won the nomination in June 2019.[14] d'Entremont resigned his provincial seat in July 2019.[15]
Federal politics
On 21 October 2019, d'Entremont was elected as the Member of Parliament in West Nova, defeating Liberal candidate Jason Deveau (the incumbent MP, Liberal Colin Fraser, did not seek re-election). He was the only non-Liberal MP elected from Nova Scotia[16] and representing the easternmost riding among Conservatives elected in the 2019 federal election.
In 2019, Conservative leader Andrew Scheer appointed d'Entremont to be Shadow Minister of Official Languages and a member of the Standing Committee on Official Languages. He served as Shadow Minister for Intergovernmental Affairs in Erin O'Toole's Shadow Cabinet. D'Entremont also sat as a member of the Standing Committee on Health.
On 20 September 2021, d'Entremont was re-elected as the MP for West Nova, defeating Liberal challenger Alxys Chamberlain by almost 20 percentage points. He was appointed as deputy speaker in November.[17]
On 28 April 2025, he won re-election in the newly renamed Acadie—Annapolis riding against former provincial Liberal MLA Ronnie LeBlanc. He was the sole member of his party to win a federal riding in Nova Scotia in the 2025 election.[18] On 4 November 2025, he left the Conservative Party and crossed the floor to join the Liberals in support of Prime Minister Mark Carney's government, citing issues with the leadership of Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre.[19][20][21] This decision sparked passionate responses from constituents and other members of Parliament.[22] d'Entremont's party crossing came shortly after the tabling of budget 2025, and with his crossing, the Liberal minority government became two seats away from forming a majority government.[23][24] Shortly after the floor crossing the Royal Canadian Mounted Police launched an investigation into online threats made against d'Entremont.[25]
Electoral record
Federal
| 2025 Canadian federal election: Acadie—Annapolis | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Chris d'Entremont | 23,024 | 47.67 | −3.64 | ||||
| Liberal | Ronnie LeBlanc | 22,491 | 46.57 | +15.88 | ||||
| New Democratic | Ingrid Deon | 1,768 | 3.66 | −9.03 | ||||
| Green | Matthew Piggott | 583 | 1.21 | N/A | ||||
| People's | James Strange | 432 | 0.89 | −4.41 | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 48,298 | 99.36 | — | 126,105.96 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 311 | 0.64 | ||||||
| Turnout | 48,609 | 72.72 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 66,847 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −9.76 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[26][27] | ||||||||
| Note: number of eligible voters does not include voting day registrations. | ||||||||
| 2021 Canadian federal election: West Nova | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Chris d'Entremont | 22,104 | 50.38 | +11.09 | $84,677.20 | |||
| Liberal | Alxys Chamberlain | 13,732 | 31.30 | -5.08 | $58,947.58 | |||
| New Democratic | Cheryl Burbidge | 5,645 | 12.87 | +2.16 | $2,097.31 | |||
| People's | Scott Spidle | 2,390 | 5.45 | – | $977.39 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 43,871 | 99.36 | – | $111,398.28 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 284 | 0.64 | -0.44 | |||||
| Turnout | 44,155 | 62.35 | -5.10 | |||||
| Registered voters | 70,823 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +8.08 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[28] | ||||||||
| 2019 Canadian federal election: West Nova | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Chris d'Entremont | 18,390 | 39.30 | +13.21 | $72,015.22 | |||
| Liberal | Jason Deveau | 17,025 | 36.38 | −26.61 | $53,630.92 | |||
| Green | Judy N. Green | 5,939 | 12.69 | +8.52 | $12,854.70 | |||
| New Democratic | Matthew Dubois | 5,010 | 10.71 | +3.96 | $6,668.83 | |||
| Veterans Coalition | Gloria Jane Cook | 434 | 0.93 | New | none listed | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 46,798 | 98.92 | $105,785.41 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 512 | 1.08 | +0.49 | |||||
| Turnout | 47,310 | 67.45 | −1.34 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 70,143 | |||||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +19.91 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[29] | ||||||||
Provincial
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive Conservative | Chris d'Entremont | 4,031 | 65.08 | +10.39 | |
| Liberal | Louis d'Entremont | 1,840 | 29.71 | -10.67 | |
| New Democratic Party | Greg Foster | 323 | 5.21 | +0.28 | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive Conservative | Chris d'Entremont | 3,935 | 54.69 | -9.45 | |
| Liberal | Kent Blades | 2,905 | 40.38 | +23.49 | |
| New Democratic Party | Kenn Baynton | 355 | 4.93 | -12.35 | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive Conservative | Chris d'Entremont | 2,817 | 64.14 | -3.51 | |
| New Democratic Party | Melvin Huskins | 759 | 17.28 | +5.90 | |
| Liberal | Lionel Leblanc | 742 | 16.89 | -2.67 | |
| Green | Barb Lake | 74 | 1.68 | +0.27 | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive Conservative | Chris d'Entremont | 3,158 | 67.65 | +19.70 | |
| Liberal | Christian Surette | 913 | 19.56 | -20.33 | |
| New Democratic Party | Charles Muise | 531 | 11.38 | -0.79 | |
| Green | Patty Doucet-Saunders | 66 | 1.41 | Ø | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive Conservative | Chris d'Entremont | 2,345 | 47.95 | -29.06 | |
| Liberal | Aldric Benoit d'Entremont | 1,951 | 39.89 | +24.34 | |
| New Democratic Party | Charles Muise | 595 | 12.17 | +5.66 | |
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