Chris d'Entremont

Early life and education

Born in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, d'Entremont graduated from Loyalist College with a diploma in radio broadcasting in 1992.

Before politics

Before his election in 2003, d'Entremont worked as an announcer at CJLS-FM. Later, he was employed by TriStar Industries, as an electronics salesperson and then for Camille d'Eon Boatbuilders. He was also a development officer for the South West Shore Development Authority.

Political career

Provincial politics

d'Entremont was first elected MLA for Argyle in the 2003 election, and re-elected in the 2006, 2009, 2013 and 2017 elections. In August 2003, d'Entremont was appointed to the Executive Council of Nova Scotia as Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, and Minister of Acadian Affairs. He later served as Minister of Health, Minister of Community Services, Minister responsible for the Youth Secretariat, and Chair of the Senior Citizens' Secretariat. He briefly served as the interim Minister of Finance following the death of Michael Baker in March 2009. Those duties were shifted to Jamie Muir seven days later.

In November 2018, d'Entremont announced he was seeking the Conservative nomination in West Nova for the 2019 federal election. He won the nomination in June 2019. d'Entremont resigned his provincial seat in July 2019.

Federal politics

On 21 October 2019, d'Entremont was elected as the Member of Parliament in West Nova, defeating Liberal candidate Jason Deveau (the incumbent MP, Liberal Colin Fraser, did not seek re-election). He was the only non-Liberal MP elected from Nova Scotia and representing the easternmost riding among Conservatives elected in the 2019 federal election.

In 2019, Conservative leader Andrew Scheer appointed d'Entremont to be Shadow Minister of Official Languages and a member of the Standing Committee on Official Languages. He served as Shadow Minister for Intergovernmental Affairs in Erin O'Toole's Shadow Cabinet. D'Entremont also sat as a member of the Standing Committee on Health.

On 20 September 2021, d'Entremont was re-elected as the MP for West Nova, defeating Liberal challenger Alxys Chamberlain by almost 20 percentage points. He was appointed as deputy speaker in November.

On 28 April 2025, he won re-election in the newly renamed Acadie—Annapolis riding against former provincial Liberal MLA Ronnie LeBlanc. He was the sole member of his party to win a federal riding in Nova Scotia in the 2025 election. On 4 November 2025, he left the Conservative Party and crossed the floor to join the Liberals in support of Prime Minister Mark Carney's government, citing issues with the leadership of Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre. This decision sparked passionate responses from constituents and other members of Parliament. d'Entremont's party crossing came shortly after the tabling of budget 2025, and with his crossing, the Liberal minority government became two seats away from forming a majority government. Shortly after the floor crossing the Royal Canadian Mounted Police launched an investigation into online threats made against d'Entremont.

Electoral record

Federal

Provincial

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References

References

1. (30 November 2018). "MacPolitics: Chris d'Entremont Makes It Official In West Nova". The MacDonald Notebook.
2. "Election Returns, 2003 (Argyle)". Elections Nova Scotia.
3. "Election Returns, 2006 (Argyle)". Elections Nova Scotia.
4. (June 10, 2009). "Chris d'Entremont wins again for P.C.s in Argyle". The Vanguard.
5. (8 October 2013). "D'Entremont wins Argyle-Barrington". The Coastguard.
6. (31 May 2017). "South Shore incumbents hold on to their seats". The Chronicle Herald.
7. (16 August 2003). "New faces, new jobs among 15 in cabinet". The Chronicle Herald.
8. (23 February 2006). "MacDonald mixes cabinet with old and new". CBC News.
9. (7 January 2009). "N.S. Premier Rodney MacDonald shuffles cabinet; one new face". Cape Breton Post.
10. (3 March 2009). "Nova Scotia's finance minister dies of cancer". CBC News.
11. (10 March 2009). "Muir appointed N.S. finance minister". CBC News.
12. (20 November 2018). "Chris d'Entremont to seek Conservative nomination in West Nova". The Chronicle Herald.
13. (November 20, 2018). "PC MLA Chris d'Entremont eyes jump to federal politics". CBC News.
14. (23 June 2019). "PC MLA Chris d'Entremont wins federal Tory nomination". CBC News.
15. (19 July 2019). "Three of Nova Scotia's PC MLAs resign to run in federal election". The Chronicle Herald.
16. (21 October 2019). "Conservative candidate Chris d'Entremont wins West Nova riding". Tri County Vanguard.
17. (25 November 2021). "Chris d'Entremont Appointed Deputy Speaker Of The House Of Commons". CJLS News.
18. Patil, Anjuli. (2025-04-29). "Lone N.S. Tory to win federal seat says party could have responded faster to Trump turmoil".
19. Djuric, Mickey. (2025-11-04). "Conservative MP says he’s considering joining Canada’s Liberal government".
20. Tasker, John Paul. (November 4, 2025). "Nova Scotia MP Chris d'Entremont resigns from Conervative caucus to join the Liberals". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
21. Tasker, John Paul. (November 5, 2025). "MP Chris d'Entremont says he joined Liberals because of Poilievre's leadership style". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
22. (November 5, 2025). "'He's just another traitor': Chris d'Entremont's party switch stirs passionate responses".
23. (2025-11-04). "MP resigns from Conservative caucus, crosses floor to join Carney Liberals". CTVNews.ca.
24. (4 November 2025). "Nova Scotia MP Chris d'Entremont resigns from Conservative caucus to join the Liberals". [[CBC News]].
25. Taylor, Stephanie. (November 7, 2025). "RCMP investigating online threats against new Liberal MP Chris d'Entremont after floor-crossing". [[National Post]].