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About Len Goucher
- Len Goucher (born September 19, 1947) is a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Bedford in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 2006 to 2009.
- He is a member of the Progressive Conservatives.A town councilor in Bedford, Nova Scotia from 1988 to 1996, Goucher was elected to Halifax Regional Council in 2000.
- He was re-elected in 2004 and served as Deputy Mayor of the Halifax Regional Municipality.
- He entered provincial politics in the 2006 election, defeating Liberal leader Francis MacKenzie in the Bedford riding.
- In June 2006, Goucher was appointed to the Executive Council of Nova Scotia as Minister of Tourism, Culture and Heritage.
- In October 2007, Goucher was shuffled to Minister of Immigration.
- In January 2009, he was given two additional roles in cabinet, becoming Minister of the Public Service Commission, and Minister of Seniors.
- In the 2009 election, Goucher was defeated by Liberal Kelly Regan.In February 2010, he became embroiled in a spending scandal involving inappropriate expenses charged to the public by a number of Nova Scotia MLAs.
- Goucher was singled out by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation when they highlighted Nova Scotian politicians for their "outrageous" expense claims, naming him the all-star of the scandal and giving him the nickname Len "the master of multi-tasking" Goucher.
- On February 14, 2011 the RCMP released its long-awaited investigation results and he was cleared of any wrongdoing.
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