predecessor successor party office term_start residence article_title term_end name occupation
richie hubbard richard hurlburt new democratic party mla for yarmouth 1998 yarmouth , nova scotia john deveau
 1999 john deveau personal-care worker
john deveau

john deveau is a canadian politician .
he represented the electoral district of yarmouth in the nova scotia house of assembly from 1998 to 1999 .
he was a member of the nova scotia new democratic party .
deveau is a personal-care worker , who was employed at an adult residential centre before entering provincial politics .
deveau defeated incumbent richie hubbard and former mla alex mcintosh to win the yarmouth riding for the ndp in the 1998 provincial election , becoming the first new democrat to ever win a seat in western nova scotia .
as mla , he was the ndp critic for fisheries and aquaculture .
he was defeated by progressive conservative richard hurlburt when he ran for re-election in 1999 .
deveau attempted to win back the seat in the 2006 election , but was again defeated by hurlburt .
in 2010 , hurlburt resigned as mla , and deveau won the ndp nomination for the by-election held to replace him .
deveau 's attempt to win a seat in the ndp government was unsuccessful , as zach churchill won the seat for the liberals .
deveau finished the by-election in fourth place , winning 6.5 % of the vote .
