Tony Ince

The Honourable
Tony Ince
ECNS
The Honourable Tony Ince ECNS
Canadian Senator; from Nova Scotia
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; March 7, 2025
Nominated by	Justin Trudeau
Appointed by	Mary Simon
Member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly; for Cole Harbour; Cole Harbour-Portland Valley (2013-2021)
	In office; October 8, 2013 – October 27, 2024
Preceded by	Darrell Dexter
Succeeded by	Leah Martin
Personal details
Born	Robert Anthony Ince; 1958 (age 67–68); Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Party	Liberal

Nominated byJustin Trudeau

Appointed byMary Simon

Preceded byDarrell Dexter

Succeeded byLeah Martin

Robert Anthony "Tony" Ince (born 1958) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in the 2013 provincial election, representing the electoral district of Cole Harbour for the Nova Scotia Liberal Party where he defeated the incumbent, Premier Darrell Dexter.^[3]^[4] In October 2024, Ince announced that he would not seek reelection.

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v t e 2021 Nova Scotia general election: Cole Harbour
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Tony Ince	2,118	39.75	+5.01	$25,071.93
	Progressive Conservative	Darryl Johnson	1,704	31.98	-0.64	$25,039.43
	New Democratic	Jerome Lagmay	1,431	26.86	-1.46	$20,436.91
	Atlantica	Chris Kinnie	75	1.41	–	$200.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			5,328	99.46		$62,536.79
Total rejected ballots			29	0.54
Turnout			5,357	52.90
Eligible voters			10,126
	Liberal hold		Swing		+2.83
Source: Elections Nova Scotia^[11]^[12]

v t e 2017 Nova Scotia general election: Cole Harbour-Portland Valley
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Tony Ince	3,583	36.85	-4.18
	Progressive Conservative	Chris Mont	3,203	32.94	+14.80
	New Democratic	Andre Cain	2,552	26.25	-14.57
	Green	Melanie Mulrooney	385	3.96
Total valid votes			9,723	100.0
Total rejected ballots			41	0.42
Turnout			9,764	54.30
Eligible voters			17,982
	Liberal hold		Swing		-18.98
Source: Elections Nova Scotia^[13]^[14]

	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal	Tony Ince	4,002	41.03	N/A
New Democratic Party	Darrell Dexter	3,981	40.82	N/A
Progressive Conservative	Greg Frampton	1,769	18.14	N/A

	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
New Democratic Party	Darrell Dexter	5,847	68.83
Liberal	Tony Ince	1,519	17.88
Progressive Conservative	Mike Josey	930	10.95
Green	Donna Toews	199	2.34	–

v t e Current members of the Senate of Canada
Presiding officers: Speaker: Raymonde Gagné Speaker pro tempore: René Cormier
AB	■ Fridhandler ■ LaBoucane-Benson ■ Simons ■ Sorensen ■ Tannas ■ K. Wells
BC	■ Busson ■ Dhillon ■ Greenwood ■ Martin ■ Wilson ■ Woo
MB	■ Adler ■ Gagné ■ McCallum ■ McPhedran ■ Osler 1 vacancy
NB	■ Arnold ■ Boudreau ■ Cormier ■ Kingston ■ McNair ■ Poirier ■ Quinn ■ Ringuette ■ Ross 1 vacancy
NL	■ Manning ■ Marshall ■ Petten ■ Ravalia ■ D. Wells ■ White
NS	■ Aucoin ■ Bernard ■ Coyle ■ Cuzner ■ C. Deacon ■ Ince ■ Kutcher ■ MacDonald ■ Prosper ■ Surette
ON	■ Al Zaibak ■ Ataullahjan ■ Black ■ Boehm ■ Boyer ■ Burey ■ Cardozo ■ Clement ■ Dasko ■ M. Deacon ■ Dean ■ Harder ■ Hay ■ McBean ■ Mohamed ■ Moncion ■ Moodie ■ Pate ■ R. Patterson ■ Pupatello ■ Senior ■ Varone ■ Yussuff
PE	■ Downe ■ Francis ■ MacAdam ■ Robinson
QC	■ Audette ■ Brazeau ■ Carignan ■ Dalphond ■ Forest ■ Galvez ■ Gerba ■ Gignac ■ Hébert ■ Henkel ■ Housakos ■ Loffreda ■ Mégie ■ Miville-Dechêne ■ Moreau ■ Oudar ■ Petitclerc ■ Saint-Germain ■ Smith ■ Verner ■ Youance 3 vacancies
SK	■ Arnot ■ Batters ■ Klyne ■ Lewis ■ Muggli ■ Wallin
Territories	NT ■ Anderson NU ■ Karetak-Lindell YT ■ Duncan
■ Independent Senators Group (42) ■ Canadian Senators Group (19) ■ Progressive Senate Group (16) ■ Conservative (13) ■ Non-affiliated (8) ■ Vacant (7)

Tony Ince

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The Honourable Tony Ince ECNS

Canadian Senator from Nova Scotia
Incumbent
Assumed office March 7, 2025
Nominated by	Justin Trudeau
Appointed by	Mary Simon
Member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly for Cole Harbour Cole Harbour-Portland Valley (2013-2021)
In office October 8, 2013 – October 27, 2024
Preceded by	Darrell Dexter
Succeeded by	Leah Martin

Personal details
Born	Robert Anthony Ince^[1] 1958 (age 67–68)^[2] Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Party	Liberal