Laurence Edward Montgomery (born August 17, 1936) is a Canadian

Canada

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 politician, who served as a Liberal Party Member of the Legislative Assembly

Member of the Legislative Assembly

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 in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly

Nova Scotia House of Assembly

The Nova Scotia Legislature, consisting of Her Majesty The Queen represented by the Lieutenant Governor and the House of Assembly, is the legislative branch of the provincial government of Nova Scotia, Canada...

 from 1998 to 1999, representing the electoral district of Annapolis

Annapolis (provincial electoral district)

Annapolis is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.The district was created in 1867, and was re-distributed in 1953 into Annapolis East and Annapolis West...

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Personal and professional life

Montgomery was born in Weyburn, Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan

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 to parents Cecil and Nora Montgomery.

He was elected in the 1998 provincial election

Nova Scotia general election, 1998

The 34th Nova Scotia general election was held on March 24, 1998 to elect members of the 57th House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. The Liberal party and the New Democratic Party tied in the seat count, with 19 each, while the Progressive Conservatives won 14 seats...

. He defeated the Progressive Conservative candidate by 250 votes. Montgomery did not run again in the 1999 provincial election

Nova Scotia general election, 1999

The 35th Nova Scotia general election was held on July 27, 1999, to elect members of the 58th House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Progressive Conservative party, led by Dr...

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Montgomery and his wife, Paula, have three children and seven grand-children.

Electoral record

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|Liberal
|Laurie Montgomery
|align="right"|3448
|align="right"|37.0
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|Progressive Conservative
|Basil Stewart
|align="right"|3198
|align="right"|34.3
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|New Democratic Party
|John Kinsella
|align="right"|2468
|align="right"|26.5
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|Independent
|Bob Mann
|align="right"|215
|align="right"|2.3
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