predecessor successor birth_place party office birth_date term_start residence article_title term_end name
yvonne atwell keith colwell oshawa , ontario progressive conservative mla for preston 9 april 1960 1999 seaforth , nova scotia david hendsbee
 2003 david hendsbee
david hendsbee

david hendsbee -lrb- born april 9 , 1960 -rrb- is a canadian politician .
he represented the electoral district of preston in the nova scotia house of assembly from 1999 to 2003 .
he was a member of the progressive conservative party of nova scotia .
born in 1960 at oshawa , ontario , hendsbee graduated from saint mary 's university with a bachelor of commerce degree .
from 1989 to 1991 , hendsbee was the executive assistant to provincial cabinet minister tom mcinnis .
hendsbee resides in seaforth , nova scotia with his wife , susan goodyer .
prior to the 1993 election , hendsbee wanted to seek the progressive conservative nomination in the new preston riding , but premier donald cameron refused to sign his nomination papers , prompting him to run as an independent candidate .
on election night , hendsbee finished second , losing to liberal wayne adams by 491 votes .
hendsbee turned to municipal politics and was elected a councillor in halifax county , nova scotia .
in december 1995 , hendsbee was elected a councillor for the newly established halifax regional municipality .
hendsbee ran for the progressive conservatives in the 1999 election , and defeated new democrat incumbent yvonne atwell by 304 votes in the preston riding .
he served as a backbench member of john hamm 's government , and was defeated by liberal keith colwell when he ran for re-election in 2003 .
following his defeat , hendsbee announced he would run in a municipal byelection for his old halifax regional council seat .
in november 2003 , he won the byelection , and was re-elected in the 2004 , 2008 , and 2012 municipal elections .
