Chris d'Entremont
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Chris A. d'Entremont is a Canadian
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 politician. He currently represents the electoral district of Argyle
Argyle (electoral district)
Argyle is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.Its current Member of the Legislative Assembly is Chris d'Entremont of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia....

 in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
Nova Scotia House of Assembly
The Nova Scotia Legislature, consisting of Her Majesty The Queen represented by the Lieutenant Governor and the House of Assembly, is the legislative branch of the provincial government of Nova Scotia, Canada...

. He is a member of the Progressive Conservatives.

Prior to June 2009, he served as Minister of Community Services, Minister of Acadian Affairs, and the Minister responsible for the Youth Secretariat.

First elected in 2003
Nova Scotia general election, 2003
The 36th Nova Scotia general election was held on August 5, 2003 to elect members of the 59th House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada...

, d'Entremont previously served as Minister of Health, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries and as Chair of the Senior Citizens' Secretariat.

He briefly served as the interim Minister of Finance prior to the death of Michael Baker
Michael Baker (politician)
Michael Baker ONS, QC, was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Lunenburg in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly between 1998 and 2009. He was a Progressive Conservative....

 on March 2, 2009. Those duties were shifted to Jamie Muir
Jamie Muir (politician)
Jamie Muir is an educator and politician. He was the MLA for Truro-Bible Hill in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1998 to 2009, and served as Minister of Finance and Minister of Aboriginal Affairs in the Executive Council of Nova Scotia.-Background:Muir is a graduate of Dalhousie University,...

 on March 10, 2009.

Personal life

He is married to Anne d'Entremont (née Muise); they have two sons, André (b. 1998) and Alec (b. 2002).

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