Wayne Adams is a Canadian former provincial politician who was the first African-Canadian member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly and cabinet minister. Adams was first elected to the Halifax Municipal Council in 1979. He was re-elected five times and deputy mayor from 1982 to 1983.
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