Bill Dooks is a Canadian

Canada

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 politician, who served as the Progressive Conservative member for Eastern Shore

Eastern Shore (electoral district)

Eastern Shore is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.- Members of the Legislative Assembly :* Keith Colwell, Liberal...

 in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly

Nova Scotia House of Assembly

The Nova Scotia Legislature, consisting of Her Majesty The Queen represented by the Lieutenant Governor and the House of Assembly, is the legislative branch of the provincial government of Nova Scotia, Canada...

 from 1999 to 2009. He served as Minister of Tourism, Culture and Heritage in the Executive Council of Nova Scotia

Executive Council of Nova Scotia

The Executive Council of Nova Scotia is the cabinet of that Canadian province....

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Dooks worked in banking before entering politics. He was first elected to Halifax County

Halifax County, Nova Scotia

Halifax County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.The Municipality of the County of Halifax was the municipal government of Halifax County, apart from the separately incorporated towns and cities therein...

 Council in 1994. He was re-elected in 1996 to sit on the newly formed Halifax Regional Council

Halifax Regional Council

Halifax Regional Council is the governing body for the Halifax Regional Municipality in Nova Scotia.In April 1996, the councils for the City of Halifax, the City of Dartmouth, Town of Bedford, and Municipality of the County of Halifax were dissolved when those municipalities were amalgamated into...

, when Halifax County was amalgamated with the cities of Halifax

City of Halifax

Halifax is a city in Canada, which was the capital of the province of Nova Scotia and shire town of Halifax County. It was the largest city in Atlantic Canada until it was amalgamated into Halifax Regional Municipality in 1996...

, Dartmouth

Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

Dartmouth founded in 1750, is a community and planning area of the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia. Located on the eastern shore of Halifax Harbour, Dartmouth has been nicknamed the City of Lakes after the large number of lakes located in the city.On April 1, 1996, the provincial...

, and the town of Bedford

Bedford, Nova Scotia

Bedford is a community in the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada. It was an independent town from 1980-1996. Bedford lies on the northwestern end of Bedford Basin, an extension of the Halifax Harbour...

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Dooks ran for the Legislative Assembly in 1999

Nova Scotia general election, 1999

The 35th Nova Scotia general election was held on July 27, 1999, to elect members of the 58th House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Progressive Conservative party, led by Dr...

, and was elected in the riding of Eastern Shore. He was appointed Deputy House Leader for the Government in September, 2003. In 2006, he became Minister of Energy. On October 23, 2007, Dooks was shuffled to Minister of Tourism, Culture, and Heritage. In 2009, he became the Minister of Tourism, Culture and Heritage and the Minister responsible for the Heritage Property Act.