Iain Rankin
Iain Rankin | |
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Rankin in 2021 | |
| 29th Premier of Nova Scotia | |
| In office February 23, 2021 – August 31, 2021 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Lieutenant Governor | Arthur J. LeBlanc |
| Deputy | Kelly Regan |
| Preceded by | Stephen McNeil |
| Succeeded by | Tim Houston |
| Leader of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party | |
| Assumed office Interim December 8, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Derek Mombourquette |
| In office February 6, 2021 – July 9, 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Stephen McNeil |
| Succeeded by | Zach Churchill |
| Leader of the Opposition in Nova Scotia | |
| In office August 31, 2021 – July 9, 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Tim Houston |
| Succeeded by | Zach Churchill |
| Minister of Lands and Forestry | |
| In office July 5, 2018 – October 5, 2020 | |
| Premier | Stephen McNeil |
| Preceded by | Margaret Miller |
| Succeeded by | Derek Mombourquette |
| Minister of Environment | |
| In office June 15, 2017 – July 5, 2018 | |
| Premier | Stephen McNeil |
| Preceded by | Margaret Miller |
| Succeeded by | Margaret Miller |
| Member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly for Timberlea-Prospect | |
| Assumed office October 8, 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Bill Estabrooks |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Iain Thomas Rankin April 9, 1983 Inverness, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Party | Liberal |
| Spouse | Mary Chisholm |
| Children | Freya Rose Rankin |
| Alma mater | Holland College Mount Saint Vincent University |
| Website | Official website |
Iain Thomas Rankin ECNS MLA (born April 9, 1983) is a Canadian politician who served as the 29th premier of Nova Scotia from February 23, 2021, to August 31, 2021. He serves in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly for the Nova Scotia Liberal Party, representing the electoral district of Timberlea-Prospect and is currently the interim leader of the Liberal Party. Rankin was first elected in the 2013 Nova Scotia general election and was re-elected in the 2017, the 2021 and the 2024 general elections. On February 6, 2021, Rankin was announced the Leader of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party after a competitive leadership race.
On February 23, 2021, Rankin became the 29th premier of Nova Scotia. Rankin called an election for August 17, 2021, which his Liberal Party lost to the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia led by Tim Houston. Rankin left office as Premier on August 31, 2021.
Rankin thereafter served as Leader of the Opposition in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. On January 5, 2022, Rankin announced that he will resign as leader of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party once a new leader is chosen. He was succeeded as leader by Zach Churchill in the 2022 leadership election.
He, and MLAs John Lohr, Brendan Maguire, and current premier Tim Houston are the longest serving current members of the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, all four having first been elected at the 2013 provincial election.