Wayne Adams

Wayne Adams
Wayne Adams
Member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly for Preston
	In office; 1993–1998
Preceded by	The riding was created in 1993.
Succeeded by	Yvonne Atwell
Personal details
Born	1943 (age 80–81); Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Political party	Liberal

Wayne Adams, CM ONS (born 1943) is a Canadian former provincial politician who was the first Black Canadian member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly and cabinet minister.

Early life

Adams was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1943.

Adams was first elected to the Halifax Municipal Council in 1979 and was re-elected five times. He was deputy mayor from 1982 to 1983.^[1]

A Nova Scotia Liberal, he was elected in the 1993 Nova Scotia general election in the riding of Preston. He was the Minister of the Environment, Minister responsible for the Emergency Measures Act, and the Minister responsible for the Nova Scotia Boxing Authority in the governments of first John Savage (1993–1997) and then Russell MacLellan (1997–1998). He was defeated in 1998 by the NDP candidate, Yvonne Atwell.^[2]

1998 Nova Scotia General Election
Party		Vote	%
	Yvonne Atwell	1,777	42.99
	Wayne Adams	1,548	37.45
	Ross D. Isenor	809	19.57

1993 Nova Scotia General Election
Party		Vote	%
	Wayne Adams	1,872	38.57
	David Hendsbee	1,381	24.46
	Darryl Gray	1,016	25.66
	Yvonne Atwell	584	12.03

In 2003, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada, Canada's highest civilian honour.

In 2011, he was invested as a member of the Order of Nova Scotia.

^ Dawn Williams (2006). Who's Who in Black Canada 2. d.p. williams & associates. p. 27. ISBN 9780973138429.
^ "New MLA makes history". The Chronicle Herald. March 26, 1998. Archived from the original on March 10, 2003.

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