HALIFAX—A longtime teacher and rookie political candidate has been chosen to represent the Nova Scotia NDP in an upcoming byelection. Lara Fawthrop won the contested spot in Sackville-Cobequid in a party vote on Saturday afternoon. Lara Fawthrop was chosen as the provincial NDP candidate for the Sackville-Cobequid riding in a party vote on Saturday afternoon. “Education in Nova Scotia has changed dramatically in the last two years,” she said in an interview after winning the nomination. He won the NDP nomination for the Waverley-Fall River-Beaverbank district in 2017 but lost in the provincial election.

Source: thestar February 09, 2019 22:41 UTC