Elected party leader in 2018, Tim Houston became premier three years later when the Tories won a majority.
PC leader Tim Houston sits down with Paul Brothers to talk about some of the big issues on the campaign trail thus far including healthcare, removing HHB bridge tolls, and the relationship between the PC party of NS and the Conservative party of Canada. – Nov 6, 2024 Tim Houston was on his way to his big, blue campaign bus outside a Halifax hotel earlier this week when he spotted a small group of construction workers passing by on the sidewalk.
Since first being elected to the provincial legislature in 2013 representing the riding of Pictou East, the 54-year-old Houston has largely come across as a combative politician. He first rose to prominence as a fierce critic of former Liberal premier Stephen McNeil, and he seemed to relish the role of being a thorn in McNeil’s side during debates in the legislature.
Houston makes no apologies for his rocky relationship with the federal Liberals and says he will continue to stand up for his province if re-elected, regardless of who ends up in power after the next federal election.“Whoever is in Ottawa, they are going to see the same Tim Houston as Prime Minister Trudeau ,” he said. “On issues where we can work together … then we’re going to get along great, but on issues where they try to short-change Nova Scotians, they will hear from me on that.
He said he didn’t grow up in a political household and didn’t become interested in politics until he and his wife returned to Nova Scotia in 2007, after spending more than a decade living in Bermuda, where he worked as a chartered accountant in international finance.Attracted to the give-and-take of political jousting, Houston said there have been times where he’s had to tell himself “OK, you’ve made your point.
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