Mat Whynott
| Mathew Whynott | |
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| MLA for Hammonds Plains-Upper Sackville | |
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In office June 19, 2009 – October 8, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Barry Barnet |
| Succeeded by | riding dissolved |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
June 20, 1985 Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Political party | New Democratic Party |
| Spouse(s) | Charlotte Whynott |
| Children | Morgan Whynott |
Mathew Whynott is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in the 2009 provincial election. From 2009 to 2013, he represented the electoral district of Hammonds Plains-Upper Sackville as a member of the New Democratic Party. He is the youngest person ever elected as MLA in Nova Scotia. Whynott is majoring in political science at St. Mary's University. He lives in Lucasville with his wife Charlotte and daughter Morgan.
Whynott grew up in Lower Sackville and attended Sackville High School. Throughout his years before become a MLA, Whynott was involved with many community groups and organizations including the Knox United Church Council in Lower Sackville, Big Brothers Big Sisters, the Dal/IWK Adolescent Mental Health Committee and the Sherbrooke Lake United Church Camp. Whynott also spent time working with the Cobequid Community Health Board in conjunction with the Youth at Risk Network to establish a Youth at Risk Centre for the Cobequid Health Region.
In 2006, Whynott was selected for an all-party group to travel to the Middle East in conjunction with the Canada Israel Committee to learn, first hand, about the conflict.
In 2009, Whynott was chosen as one of the Chronicle Herald's Top 20 20-Something's for his work in the Sackville community. He followed this honor up with attending an international conference in Trinidad and Tobago and he has represented Canada at the United Nations, speaking at the UN's World Programme of Action for Youth.
In 2004, Whynott was appointed by the Government of Nova Scotia to be the Co-Chair of the Nova Scotia Youth Advisory Council. He has also served on federal and provincial government committees for Tobacco Control.
In 2005, Whynott was hired by the Nova Scotia NDP Caucus office as a Researcher, where he held the role until being elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in June 2009.
As a first-time candidate, Whynott finished second in the Hammonds Plains-Upper Sackville riding in the 2006 election. Whynott won 36.05% of the vote, 5.97% and 516 votes behind Conservative incumbent and Cabinet Minister, Barry Barnet.
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