John Holm is a Canadian politician from Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia

Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia

Lower Sackville is a suburban community located in the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is part of the urban area of Halifax ....

 in the Halifax Regional Municipality.

Holm served as the New Democratic Party

Nova Scotia New Democratic Party

The Nova Scotia New Democratic Party is a social-democratic provincial party in Nova Scotia, Canada. It is aligned with the federal New Democratic Party . Originally founded as the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation in 1932, it became the New Democratic Party in 1961. It became the governing...

, Member of the Legislative Assembly

Member of the Legislative Assembly

A Member of the Legislative Assembly or a Member of the Legislature , is a representative elected by the voters of a constituency to the legislature or legislative assembly of a sub-national jurisdiction....

 for the electoral district of Sackville from 1984 until it was redistributed in 1993, then continued to serve the district of Sackville-Cobequid

Sackville-Cobequid

Sackville—Cobequid is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.Its Member of the Legislative Assembly since 2003 has been Dave Wilson of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party .-Members of the Legislative Assembly:*Dave...

 until 2003 when he did not re-offer. He served as interim leader of the Nova Scotia NDP between the resignation of Alexa McDonough

Alexa McDonough

Alexa Ann Shaw McDonough OC is a Canadian politician who became the first woman to lead a major, recognized political party in Canada, when she was elected the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party's leader in 1980...

 in 1994 and the selection of Robert Chisholm as leader in 1996.