Melissa Sheehy-Richard

Melissa Sheehy-Richard
MLA
Melissa Sheehy-Richard MLA
Member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly; for Hants West
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; August 17, 2021
Preceded by	Chuck Porter
Personal details
Born	1974 (age 51–52)
Party	Progressive Conservative

Born1974 (age 51–52)^[1]^[2]

Melissa Sheehy-Richard (born 1974) is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in the 2021 Nova Scotia general election.^[3] She represents the riding of Hants West as a member of the Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia.

Ms. Sheehy-Richard is a paralegal and operates her own home-based business.^[4]

v t e 2024 Nova Scotia general election: Hants West
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Melissa Sheehy-Richard	4,253	52.59	+9.48
	Liberal	Brian Casey	2,621	32.41	-9.17
	New Democratic	Simon Greenough	1,120	13.85	+2.82
	Independent	James Omand	93	1.15	–
Total valid votes			8,087	–
Total rejected ballots			43
Turnout			8,130	45.91
Eligible voters			17,707
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing
Source: Elections Nova Scotia^[5]

v t e 2021 Nova Scotia general election: Hants West
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Melissa Sheehy-Richard	3,968	43.11	+14.18	$40,454.11
	Liberal	Brian Casey	3,827	41.58	-13.16	$40,039.34
	New Democratic	Caet Moir	1,015	11.03	-1.42	$31,621.71
	Green	Jenn Kang	273	2.97	-0.07	$200.00
	Atlantica	Gordon J. Berry	121	1.31	+0.47	$200.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			9,204	99.73	–	$94,843.34
Total rejected ballots			25	0.27
Turnout			9,229	55.98
Eligible voters			16,485
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+13.67
Source: Elections Nova Scotia^[6]^[7]

v t e Current members of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
65th General Assembly of Nova Scotia
Progressive Conservative	Houston Adams Armstrong Balser Barkhouse Boudreau Bowlby Burns Comer Corkum-Greek Fadare Grosse Halman Hilton Johns C. LeBlanc Lohr MacDonald MacGillivray MacLeod MacQuarrie Maguire Martin Masland McGowan Morrow Outhit Palmer Ritcey Robicheau Rushton Sheehy-Richard Smith Stoilov Taggart Thompson Tilley Timmins Vanexan White Wong Young
New Democratic	Chender Coombes Gallagher Hamid Hansen Lachance S. Leblanc Wilson Wozney
Liberal	Rankin Mombourquette
Independent	Druhan Smith-McCrossin
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2024

Melissa Sheehy-Richard MLA

Member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly for Hants West
Incumbent
Assumed office August 17, 2021
Preceded by	Chuck Porter

Personal details
Born	1974 (age 51–52)^[1]^[2]
Party	Progressive Conservative