Claim: Joachim Stroink was elected Nova Scotia House of Assembly ( the oldest assembly in Canada), winning by 976 votes over Gregor Ash.
Evidence: Joachim Stroink (born April 24, 1972) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in the 2013 provincial election. Joachim Stroink Gregor Ash Liberal New Democratic Party 4,352 3,376 The assembly is the oldest in Canada, having first sat in 1758, and in 1848 was the site of the first responsible government in the British Empire.