https://i.cbc.ca/ais/75f7d9ab-3da6-41d0-abe4-6b99ea834700,1783966018918/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C188%2C2000%2C1125%29%3BResize%3D%28620%29" title="Nova Scotia Premier John Hamm waves to the crowd during a tribute at the Nova Scotia Conservative Leadership Convention in Halifax on Feb. 10, 2006." width="620" />
The Pictou County physician was first elected in 1993 and served as Nova Scotia's 25th premier from 1999 to 2006.