Derek Wells

Career

By career, he is a businessman and lawyer After serving in the 35th Canadian Parliament, Wells was defeated in the 1997 federal election. He unsuccessfully attempted to return to Parliament in the 2000 federal election.

He also served as President of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party, supporting the provincial form of the party, and is a partner at Hennigar, Wells, Lamey and Baker in Chester.

Achievements

• Wells won the South Shore electoral district for the Liberal party in the 1993 federal election. Wells announced in September 2009, that he would seek the Liberal party nomination for South Shore—Saint Margaret"s in the 2011 federal election, and won the nomination on 4 October.