Tim Halman

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Canadian politician

The Honourable Tim Halman ECNS MLA


Deputy Premier of Nova Scotia
In office October 24, 2024 – December 12, 2024
Premier	Tim Houston
Preceded by	Allan MacMaster
Succeeded by	Barbara Adams
Minister of environment of Nova Scotia
Incumbent
Assumed office August 21, 2021
Premier	Tim Houston
Member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly for Dartmouth East
Incumbent
Assumed office May 30, 2017
Preceded by	Andrew Younger

Personal details
Born	(1977-06-02) June 2, 1977 (age 48) Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Party	Progressive Conservative
Occupation	Teacher

Timothy Halman (born June 2, 1977)^[1] is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in the 2017 provincial election. A member of the Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia, he represents the electoral district of Dartmouth East.^[2] While in opposition, Halman was the PC critic for Education and Early Childhood Development.^[3]

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Born in Montreal, Quebec, Halman spent most of his youth in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. He later moved back to Quebec with his family as his father worked in the film industry. He studied at Concordia University before settling in Dartmouth where he pursued his Bachelor's and a master's degree in Education at Mount Saint Vincent University.

Prior to his election to the House of Assembly, Halman was a teacher for Prince Andrew High School.

With the support of his late wife, Ginette Thibault-Halman, he decided to leave the classroom to run as a candidate for the 2017 Nova Scotia general election.

On August 31, 2021, Halman was made Minister of Environment and Climate Change as well as Chair of Treasury Board and Policy Board.^[4]

Electoral record

v t e 2024 Nova Scotia general election: Dartmouth East
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Tim Halman	3,167	44.17	+5.18	$34,460.73
	New Democratic	Holly Fraughton	2,235	31.17	+7.56	$30,764.13
	Liberal	Stacy Chesnutt	1,768	24.66	-10.02	$45,556.13
Total valid votes			7,170
Total rejected ballots			42
Turnout			7,212	49.5%
Eligible voters			14,577
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing
Source: Elections Nova Scotia^[5]

v t e 2021 Nova Scotia general election: Dartmouth East
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Tim Halman	3,260	38.99	-2.16	$37,157.69
	Liberal	D'Arcy Poultney	2,900	34.68	-4.10	$38,011.92
	New Democratic	Tyler J. Colbourne	1,974	23.61	+11.62	$27,154.74
	Green	Sara Adams	187	2.24	-5.84	$500.82
	Atlantica	Chris Bowie	41	0.49		$200.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			8,362	99.67	–	$85,132.57
Total rejected ballots			28	0.33
Turnout			8,390	57.44
Eligible voters			14,607
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+0.97
Source: Elections Nova Scotia^[6]^[7]

v t e 2017 Nova Scotia general election: Dartmouth East
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Tim Halman	3,309	41.15	+27.52
	Liberal	Edgar Burns	3,118	38.78	-25.07
	New Democratic	Bill McEwen	964	11.99	-10.53
	Green	Matthew Richey	650	8.08
Total valid votes			8,041	99.36
Total rejected ballots			52	0.64
Turnout			8,093	54.84
Eligible voters			14,758
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+26.30
Source: Elections Nova Scotia^[8]^[9]

References

↑ The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present: Halman, Timothy, page 104 Nova Scotia Legislature
↑ "Who won in your riding? See the list of elected MLAs". CBC News, May 30, 2017.
↑ "Baillie names Official Opposition critic responsibilities - PC Party NS". PC Party NS. June 19, 2017. Retrieved April 15, 2018.
↑ "New Cabinet to Deliver Solutions for Nova Scotians". August 31, 2021.
↑ Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (2025). 42nd Provincial General Election, November 26, 2024: Volume 1 – Statement of Votes & Statistics (PDF) (Report). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved February 1, 2026.
↑ Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (2022). 41st Provincial General Election, August 17, 2021: Volume 1 – Statement of Votes & Statistics (PDF) (Report). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved February 1, 2026.
↑ Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (2022). 41st Provincial General Election, August 17, 2021: Volume 3 – Financial Information & Statistics (PDF) (Report). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved February 1, 2026.
↑ Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (2017). 40th Provincial General Election, May 30, 2017: Volume 1 – Statement of Votes & Statistics (PDF) (Report). Elections Nova Scotia. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 7, 2020. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
↑ Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (2018). 40th Provincial General Election, May 30, 2017: Volume 3 – Financial Information & Statistics (PDF) (Report). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved February 1, 2026.

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
Nova Scotia portal Politics portal

v t e Cabinet of Premier of Nova Scotia Tim Houston (2021–present)
Tim Houston
Barbara Adams Scott Armstrong Jill Balser Trevor Boudreau Brian Comer Susan Corkum-Greek Steve Craig Becky Druhan Pat Dunn Twila Grosse Tim Halman Brad Johns Colton LeBlanc John Lohr John A. MacDonald Karla MacFarlane Allan MacMaster Brendan Maguire Leah Martin Kim Masland Greg Morrow Dave Ritcey Tory Rushton Kent Smith Michelle Thompson John White Brian Wong Nolan Young

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