HALIFAX—The Dartmouth-Cole Harbour federal NDP association has selected social activist Rana Zaman as its candidate for the election in October.

Zaman was nominated during a meeting held in Cole Harbour on Wednesday night. She’s described by the NDP in a media release as “a dedicated social activist” who has lived in Dartmouth with her husband and three children for more than 35 years.

Zaman volunteers with more than a dozen community organizations, including the Dartmouth North Community Health Planning Team, the Between the Bridges Resident Round Table, and the Portland Estates and Hills Residents Association.

She was a Nova Scotia NDP provincial candidate in 2017.

“Darren Fisher and the Trudeau Liberals didn’t deliver on their 2015 commitments and a lot of people who wanted change have been very disappointed,” Zaman said in the media release.

Fisher, a former Halifax regional councillor, won the seat for the Liberals in the last federal election, ousting Robert Chisholm of the NDP. Chisholm won the seat in 2011.

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