Kenneth "Ken" Streatch is a farmer and former political figure in Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...

, Canada. He represented Bedford - Musquodoboit Valley and then Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley

Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley

Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.The riding was created in 1993 from Colchester South and Bedford-Musquodoboit Valley...

 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 1978 to 1993 as a Progressive Conservative member.

He was educated at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College. Streatch married Barbara Blackburn. He served in the province's Executive Council as Minister of Labour and Manpower, Minister of Public Works, Minister of Fisheries and Minister of Lands and Forests. Streatch was president of the Nova Scotia Federation of Agriculture in 1972. He was an unsuccessful candidate for a seat in the Canadian House of Commons in 1993 and 1997.

His daughter Judy

Judy Streatch

Judy Streatch is a Canadian politician, who was a Member of the Legislative Assembly for Chester-St. Margaret's in Nova Scotia from 2005 to 2009....

was also a member of the Nova Scotia assembly and is a former provincial cabinet minister.