| Tony Ince | |
| Birth Name: | Robert Anthony Ince[1] |
| Birth Date: | [2] |
| Birth Place: | Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Constituency Am: | Cole Harbour Cole Harbour-Portland Valley (2013-2021) |
| Assembly: | Nova Scotia House of |
| Term Start: | October 8, 2013 |
| Term End: | October 27, 2024 |
| Predecessor: | Darrell Dexter |
| Successor: | Leah Martin |
| Party: | Liberal |
Robert Anthony "Tony" Ince (born 1958) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in the 2013 provincial election, representing the electoral district of Cole Harbour for the Nova Scotia Liberal Party where he defeated the incumbent, Premier Darrell Dexter.[3] [4] In October 2024, Ince announced that he would not seek reelection.
Ince was born in Halifax and worked as counsellor with the Department of Community Services. He also worked as a project coordinator with the Black Educators Association.[2]
Ince ran in the 2009 provincial election losing to Dexter. He was elected in the 2013 provincial election.
On October 22, 2013, Ince was appointed to the Executive Council of Nova Scotia where he served as Minister of Communities, Culture and Heritage as well as Minister of African Nova Scotian Affairs and the Minister responsible for the Heritage Property Act.[5] [6]
Ince was re-elected in the 2017 election.[7] On June 15, 2017, premier Stephen McNeil shuffled his cabinet, moving Ince to Minister of the Public Service Commission, while keeping the Minister of African Nova Scotian Affairs portfolio.[8] [9]
As of September 22, 2024, Ince serves as the Official Opposition critic for the Public Service Commission, Military Relations, and African Nova Scotian Affairs.
In October 2024, Ince announced that he would not run in the next Nova Scotia general election to spend more time with family.[10]
|-|Liberal|Tony Ince|align="right"| 4,002|align="right"| 41.03|align="right"|N/A|-|New Democratic Party|Darrell Dexter|align="right"| 3,981|align="right"| 40.82|align="right"|N/A|-|Progressive Conservative|Greg Frampton|align="right"| 1,769|align="right"| 18.14|align="right"|N/A|}
|-|New Democratic Party|Darrell Dexter|align="right"|5,847|align="right"|68.83|align="right"||-|Liberal|Tony Ince|align="right"|1,519|align="right"|17.88|align="right"||-|Progressive Conservative|Mike Josey|align="right"|930|align="right"|10.95|align="right"||-|}