Michèle Hovey Raymond (born 1958) is a Canadian politician and author. She formerly served as Halifax Atlantic's NDP MLA. Early life and education A Halifax-area resident since 1963, she received degrees from Yale 1978 and Dalhousie in Linguistics and Law, respectively. Before politics Prior to becoming a politician, Raymond co-founded the Urban Farm Museum Society of Spryfield and has been part of a campaign to reactivate the Northwest Arm Ferry. She has volunteered with the Nova Scotia Museum and is the vice-president of the Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia and other heritage societies around Nova Scotia for which she was awarded the Queen's Jubilee Medal. She is also the co-author with historian Heather Watts of Halifax's Northwest Arm: An Illustrated History published by Formac Publishing in 2003. Political career In her first attempt at political office, Raymond was elected MLA in 2003, replacing Robert Chisholm, who retired. On November 23, 2012, Raymond announced that she would not be reoffering in the next election. Personal life She is married to former Liberal MLA Russell MacKinnon. References Yale University alumni Schulich School of Law alumni Nova Scotia New Democratic Party MLAs Women MLAs in Nova Scotia Living people 21st-century Canadian politicians 21st-century Canadian women politicians 1958 births