12 Notable alumni of
Saint Mary's University
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Saint Mary's University is 2596th in the world, 897th in North America, and 51st in Canada by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 12 notable alumni from Saint Mary's University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Tim Houston
- Enrolled in Saint Mary's University
- Graduated with Bachelor of Commerce
- Occupations
- accountantpolitician
- Biography
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Timothy Jerome Houston is a Canadian politician who has served as the 30th premier of Nova Scotia since 2021, and leader of the Progressive Conservative Party (PC) since 2017. He was first elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in the 2013 provincial election, and represents the electoral district of Pictou East. He was the leader of the opposition from 2018 to 2021.
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John William Ashe
- Occupations
- diplomatpolitician
- Biography
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John William Ashe was an Antiguan diplomat and politician. He was the President of the United Nations General Assembly at its 68th session, which ran September 2013 to September 2014. He was also President of the UNICEF Executive Board in 2012. He served as Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York City of Antigua and Barbuda between 1995 and 2004.
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Linden MacIntyre
- Occupations
- journalistnovelist
- Biography
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Linden Joseph MacIntyre is a Canadian journalist, broadcaster and novelist. He has won ten Gemini Awards, an International Emmy and numerous other awards for writing and journalistic excellence, including the 2009 Scotiabank Giller Prize for his 2009 novel, The Bishop's Man. Well known for many years for his stories on CBC's The Fifth Estate, in 2014 he announced his retirement from the show at age 71. His final story, broadcast on November 21, 2014, was "The Interrogation Room" about police ethics and improper interrogation room tactics.
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Joey Haywood
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Joel "Joey" Haywood is a Canadian-born Trinidad and Tobago former professional basketball player who was a member of the Trinidad and Tobago national team. Due to his reputation as a streetball player and his ball-handling expertise, he is often nicknamed "The King Handles".
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Zach Churchill
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Zachariah John Churchill is a Canadian politician and activist from Nova Scotia who served as the leader of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party and the leader of the Opposition from 2022 until 2024. He previously served as the member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly for Yarmouth, first elected from 2010 until 2024, and as a cabinet minister in various portfolios in the Stephen McNeil and Iain Rankin ministries, most notably as minister of health and wellness.
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Stephen Hart
- Occupations
- association football playerassociation football coach
- Biography
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Stephen Simon Hart is a Trinidadian football manager and former player who is the head coach of Halifax Tides FC of the Northern Super League.
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Phyllis Kandie
- Occupations
- diplomatministerpolitician
- Biography
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Phyllis Jepkosgei Kipkingor Kandie, also Phyllis Jepkosgei Kandie, but commonly known as Phyllis Kandie is the advisor to president William Ruto on Commodities Market Development in 2023. She previously served the former Ambassador to Belgium, Luxembourg and the European Union, appointed by the former president Uhuru Kenyatta on January, 27 2018. She was as the Cabinet Secretary for East African Affairs and Labor, immediately prior to her present assignment.
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Chris Spearman
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Christopher Spearman is a Canadian politician, who was elected mayor of Lethbridge, Alberta in the 2013 municipal election on October 21, 2013. He was re-elected in the 2017 municipal election on October 16, 2017 with 74% of the popular vote.
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Steven Laffoley
- Occupations
- educator
- Biography
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Steven Laffoley is a Canadian author and educator.
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Ronald Wallace
- Occupations
- businesspersonpolitician
- Biography
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Ronald Wallace, CM was a Canadian politician and optometrist. Wallace is the longest-serving mayor of the city of Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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Matt Robinson
- Occupations
- poet
- Biography
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Matt Robinson is a Canadian poet born in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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Louise Edwards
- Years
- 1978-.. (age 48)
- Enrolled in Saint Mary's University
- In 2003 graduated with Master of Science
- Occupations
- astrophysicistastronomer
- Biography
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Louise Olivia Violet Edwards is a Canadian astronomer and associate professor of physics at California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly), and is one of the first Black Canadians to receive a PhD in astronomy. In 2002, she was pictured on a Canadian stamp.
