Richie Mann

Richie Mann
MLA for Richmond
In office 1988–1998
Preceded by	Greg MacIsaac
Succeeded by	Michel Samson
Personal details
Born	1954 St. Peter's, Nova Scotia
Political party	Nova Scotia Liberal Party

Richard W. "Richie" Mann (born 1954) is a retired Canadian politician, trades person and current lobbyist/business person in Nova Scotia.

Mann was born and educated in St. Peter's and began a career in 1971 with Swedish pulp and paper company Stora where he worked as an industrial pipefitter/steamfitter from 1971 to 1988 at the pulp and paper mill in Point Tupper. While at Stora, Mann served as a shop steward with Local 972 of the Canadian Paperworkers Union.

Mann holds the Nova Scotia Senior Baseball League record for home runs in a season, set in 1977, for which he was inducted into the NS Baseball Hall of Fame in 1997. Mann is the creator and organizer of the Richie Mann Invitational charity golf tournament, the proceeds of which are donated to the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation; to date, approximately $780,000 has been raised.

Mann was elected as a municipal councilor in the 1985 municipal election for the Municipality of Richmond County. During his municipal service from 1985 to 1988, Mann served as Deputy Warden and on various council committees.

In 1988 Mann successfully ran for the Liberal nomination in the riding of Richmond. He was elected in the 1988 provincial election and served as a member of the official opposition where he served in a number of critic responsibilities until 1993. Mann was re-elected in the 1993 provincial election which saw the Liberals receive a majority of seats; Mann's personal election results recorded the largest majority in the history of the riding.

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