Shannon Miedema

Miedema was born in Ottawa and moved to Halifax to attend University of King's College for her Bachelor in Journalism, and later, Dalhousie University for her Masters in Environmental Studies.^[4] Miedema also holds a Bachelor of Environmental Studies and Earth System Science from Queens University. Miedema was President of the Young Naturalists Club of Canada and was awarded a Clean16 Award in 2023.^[5]

Miedema worked at the Halifax Regional Municipality for around 15 years, where as director of environment and climate change, she oversaw the design and implementation of HalifACT, the city's climate action plan. Prior to this, Miedema worked in consulting as a Sustainability and Socioeconomic Services Consultant for the Raidho Resource Consulting Limited and a Socioeconomic Analyst for Stantec.^{[citation needed]}

Miedema also guest lectures and consults with Dalhousie’s Centre for Water Resources Studies, and worked with ShiftKey Labs.^{[citation needed]}

The nomination vote for the Liberal Party of Canada by-election in Halifax took place on March 1, 2025,^[6] at the Atlantica Hotel in Halifax. The candidates for the nomination were former Halifax-Chebucto MLA Joachim Stroink, Lawyer Ian Parker, and business owner Paul Fone. The election took place by ranked ballot.^{[citation needed]}

The by-election for the riding of Halifax was called on March 2, 2025, by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, to be held on April 14, 2025.^[7] The seat was left vacant following the departure of former Liberal MP Andy Fillmore, who resigned to run for Mayor of HRM.^[8] The other candidates for the by-election include the New Democratic Party's Lisa Roberts and the Conservative Party’s Mark Boudreau.^[9]

As the general election was called early, the by-election was cancelled.

At the time of the 2025 Canadian federal election, she lived in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.^[10]