Sterling Belliveau
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The Honourable Sterling Belliveau MLA |
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| Member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly for Queens-Shelburne Shelburne (2006-2013) |
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Assumed office June 13, 2006 |
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| Preceded by | Cecil O'Donnell |
| Minister of Environment | |
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In office June 19, 2009 – October 22, 2013 |
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| Premier | Darrell Dexter |
| Preceded by | David Morse |
| Succeeded by | Randy Delorey |
| Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture | |
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In office June 19, 2009 – October 22, 2013 |
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| Premier | Darrell Dexter |
| Preceded by | Ron Chisholm |
| Succeeded by | Keith Colwell |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | NDP |
| Residence | Woods Harbour, Nova Scotia |
| Occupation | fisherman |
Sterling Belliveau is a Canadian politician who has represented the electoral district of Shelburne (now Queens-Shelburne) in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly since 2006 as a member of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party.
A native of Woods Harbour, Belliveau was a self-employed fisherman. He has volunteered his service on various boards and committees in Shelburne County, including community groups, a volunteer ambulance service, as well as organizations related to the fishing industry.
He is married to Luella Jean (Cameron) and they have two adult children and one grandchild.
Belliveau served for three terms as a municipal councilor representing District 1 (Charlesville, Forbes Point and Woods Harbour) on the municipal council for the Municipality of the District of Barrington; two of those terms he served as warden.
In 2006 Belliveau successfully ran for the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party nomination in the riding of Shelburne. He was elected in the 2006 provincial election, defeating Progressive Conservative candidate Eddie Nickerson by 65 votes. He was re-elected in the 2009 provincial election, receiving 55.41% of the votes and increasing his vote to 2,207 over his closest challenger. Belliveau's riding was abolished in the 2012 electoral boundary review. Belliveau was re-elected in the 2013 provincial election representing the new riding of Queens-Shelburne where he received 37.1% of the votes with a margin of 381 votes over his closest challenger.
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