Geoffrey W. Stevens | |
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MLA for Halifax County Dartmouth | |
In office 1956–1960 | |
Preceded by | new riding |
Succeeded by | Gordon L. S. Hart |
MLA for Halifax East | |
In office 1933–1956 | |
Preceded by | new riding |
Succeeded by | Duncan MacMillan |
Personal details | |
Born | Dartmouth, Nova Scotia | January 16, 1891
Died | February 7, 1963 Dartmouth, Nova Scotia | (aged 72)
Political party | Nova Scotia Liberal Party |
Occupation | pharmacist |
Geoffrey W. Stevens (January 16, 1891 – February 7, 1963) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral districts of Halifax East and Halifax County Dartmouth in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1933 to 1960. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.[1]
Stevens was born in 1891 in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.[2] He was educated at Dalhousie University and was a pharmacist by career.[2] He married Helen Lithgow Bauld in 1914.[2]
Stevens entered provincial politics in the 1933 election, defeating Conservative incumbent Josiah Frederick Fraser in the newly established Halifax East riding.[3] He was re-elected in the 1937,[4] 1941,[5] and 1945 elections.[6] In April 1946, Stevens was appointed to the Executive Council of Nova Scotia as Minister for the Nova Scotia Liquor Control Act.[2] He retained the portfolio through re-elections in 1949[7] and 1953.[8] In the 1956 election, Stevens was re-elected in the new Halifax County Dartmouth riding.[9] He did not reoffer in the 1960 election.[1] Stevens died at Dartmouth on February 7, 1963.[2]