Graham Steele

Graham Steele (July 8, 1964, Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian lawyer and former politician, having represented the constituency of Halifax Fairview in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 2001-2013 for the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party.
A native of Winnipeg, Steele graduated with a B.A.
from the University of Manitoba and was recipient of the Governor General's Silver Medal.
Steele received a Rhodes Scholarship and attended St Edmund Hall, Oxford University graduating in 1986 with a degree in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE).
Steele moved to Halifax in fall 1986 to attend Dalhousie Law School and graduated with an LL.B.
in 1989.
Steele practised law with Stewart McKelvey Stirling Scales in Halifax from 1989-1993 and was General Counsel to the Nova Scotia Workers Compensation Board from 1993-1998.
Steele was Research Director for the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party's caucus office from 1998-2001.
Steele has done workshops in Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo and the Middle East for the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs.
Steele is an Esperantist, having offered part of his legislative website in Esperanto,[1] and has commemorated Nova Scotia Esperantists in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.[