Becky Druhan re-offering as PC candidate in Lunenburg West

Lunenburg West – Becky Druhan will be the Progressive Conservative candidate in Lunenburg West in the next provincial general election.

First elected in 2021, Druhan has served as Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development and has helped build up the constituency of Lunenburg West and the province through the following:

  • Improving education by removing cell phones from classrooms and introducing a school lunch program;

  • Reducing childcare fees for families and increasing access to spaces;

  • Adding 46 additional rooms for seniors in a new Hillside Pines Home for Special Care opening in 2029;

  • Adding public housing units for up to 94 people in a new three-story, 21-unit building at Pineview Manor, with an investment of $2.4 million to begin Spring 2025;

  • Building a student residence at the NSCC Lunenburg campus in Bridgewater, creating housing for 40 students, and building a theatre with an investment of $1.3 million;

  • Increasing access to public transportation across Lunenburg County with funding for Lunenburg County Wheels and the Town of Bridgewater;

  • Helping protect Cape Lahave Island by passing an amendment to Lunenburg Common Lands Act;

  • Modernizing the DesBrisay Museum building, helping to preserve Bridgewater’s heritage with an investment of nearly $350,000;

  • Enhancing patient access to care with funding for pharmacy clinics like the Bridgewater Guardian Pharmacy and Lawtons Pharmacist Walk-in Clinic;

  • Funding of $130 million for South Shore Regional Hospital improvements, including Emergency Department, Dialysis, Endoscopy and Day Surgery;

  • Investing $8 million in gravel, asphalt and bridge improvements; and

  • Contributions to community projects including grants to Lunenburg County Ground Search and Rescue, Conquerall Bank Fire Department, Simpson’s Corner Community Hall Society, YMCA of Southwest Nova Scotia for initiatives at Newcombville Elementary, Pentz Elementary and Petite Riviere Elementary, Dynamite Trail Association, Indian Point Volunteer Fire, Walden Volunteer Fire, West Northfield Community Centre roof and kitchen repairs, Town of Bridgewater accessibility and recreation initiatives, South Shore Multicultural Association, Health Services Foundation of the South Shore, Lunenburg Tennis Club, Bull Run Trail Association and Rissers Beach Provincial Park.

“As MLA, my priority has been supporting the people of Lunenburg West by securing important investments that matter to our community and improving the systems that matter to our province,” said Druhan. “I am standing as a candidate in the next election to keep this momentum going.”

Druhan is a lawyer and has served as Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development since 2021. Prior to entering politics, she represented clients in government, education, insurance, marine and other industries, most recently working with a non-profit home healthcare provider where she developed innovative programs and led organizational change.

“Becky Druhan has provided strong leadership to fixing an education system broken by Zach Churchill and the Liberals while tirelessly working for the people of Lunenburg West,” said Premier Tim Houston. “I need Becky Druhan back as MLA to continue the work of my team to build up Lunenburg West. We can’t go back to a government that ignores healthcare, neglects seniors, fights with workers, and supports the Liberal carbon tax.”