Derrick Kimball
Derrick John Kimball is a lawyer and former political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Kings South in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1988 to 1993 as a Progressive Conservative member.
Born in 1954 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the son of Robert Guy Edgar Kimball and Marjorie Coady, he was educated at St. Francis Xavier University and Dalhousie Law School. Kimball was solicitor for the town of Wolfville from 1978 to 1990. He entered provincial politics in the 1988 election, defeating NDP candidate Steve Mattson by 452 votes in the Kings South riding. In late 1992, Kimball lost the Progressive Conservative nomination in Kings South to former MLA and cabinet minister Harry How. Kimball quit the Progressive Conservative caucus in January 1993, and ran as an independent candidate in the 1993 election. He finished third in the election, which saw Liberal Robbie Harrison defeat How by 128 votes.
