predecessor successor party office term_start article_title term_end name occupation
'' new riding '' jay abbass darrell dexter jim smith liberal mla for dartmouth-cole harbour minister of justice 1993 april 2 , 1997 alan mitchell -lrb- politician -rrb-
 1998 april 8 , 1998 alan mitchell lawyer
alan mitchell -lrb- politician -rrb-

alan e. mitchell is a canadian politician .
he represented the electoral district of dartmouth-cole harbour in the nova scotia house of assembly from 1993 to 1998 .
he was a member of the nova scotia liberal party .
mitchell was elected in the 1993 provincial election , defeating progressive conservative michael macdonald by almost 1,200 votes .
he served as a backbench member of john savage 's government until april 2 , 1997 , when savage appointed him to the executive council of nova scotia as minister of justice .
mitchell continued in the portfolio when russell maclellan took over as premier in july 1997 .
mitchell was defeated by new democrat darrell dexter when he ran for re-election in 1998 .
