Don Downe

Don Downe
The Honourable
Don Downe
MLA for Lunenburg West
In office
1993–2003
Preceded by Marie P. Dechman
Succeeded by Carolyn Bolivar-Getson
Minister of Finance
In office
April 8, 1998 – 2003
Preceded by Bill Gillis
Succeeded by Neil LeBlanc
Personal details
Born Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Political party Liberal

Donald Richard Downe (born 1951) is a farmer and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Lunenburg West in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1993 to 2003 as a Liberal member.

He was born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. Downe was a poultry farm owner and was president of the Nova Scotia Federation of Agriculture. He served in the province's Executive Council as Minister of Natural Resource, Minister of Business and Consumer Services and Minister of Transportation and Public Works. Downe was elected mayor of the Municipality of Lunenburg in 2008.[1] He lives in Bridgewater.

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