July 13, 2026
\nOttawa, Ontario<\/p>\n
\u201cToday, I join Canadians in mourning the loss of the Honourable John Hamm, a dedicated public servant and staunch advocate for Nova Scotia.<\/p>\n
Before becoming the province\u2019s 25th<\/sup> Premier, Dr. Hamm spent more than 30 years caring for Nova\u00a0Scotians as a family doctor. It was his strong leadership at Aberdeen Hospital and the Nova Scotia Medical Society that inspired\u00a0Nova Scotians to encourage him to run for office.<\/p>\n As the Member of the Legislative Assembly for Pictou Centre and as Premier, Dr.\u00a0Hamm was known for his commitment to Nova Scotia. He believed in outcomes over politics, and fought relentlessly to secure a stronger, more prosperous future for the province. He renegotiated the Atlantic Accord, securing a greater share of offshore energy revenues for Nova Scotia. In 2002, he delivered the province\u2019s first balanced budget in 40 years\u00a0\u2013 restoring the province\u2019s fiscal stability and investing millions in health care and the Nova Scotia Community\u00a0College.<\/p>\n After leaving politics, Dr. Hamm continued to serve in his community. His contributions were recognised with numerous honours, including being named as an Officer of the Order of\u00a0Canada.<\/p>\n I offer my condolences to Dr. Hamm\u2019s family, friends, colleagues, and Nova Scotians on their loss.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" July 13, 2026 Ottawa, Ontario \u201cToday, I join Canadians in mourning the loss of the Honourable John Hamm, a dedicated public servant and staunch advocate for Nova Scotia. Before becoming the province\u2019s 25th Premier, Dr. Hamm spent more than 30 years caring for Nova\u00a0Scotians as a family doctor. It was his strong leadership at Aberdeen …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-federal"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-21 05:45:43","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84673"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84673\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84674,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84673\/revisions\/84674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}