Sarah Hadley

Sarah Alice Hadley (born 1968) is the current President of Acadia. A member of the Social Democratic Party, she was elected on September 1, 2018, and was inaugurated on October 15.

Hadley was previously a member of the Acadia Senate from 2006 to 2018.

Acadia Senate (2006-18)
On September 2, 2006, Hadley was elected to the Acadia Senate from the 35th legislative district. Six-term senator Holly Burns (Conservative Party) and two-term senator Jack Hopkins (SDP) were both re-elected.

In 2008, Hadley, Burns, and Hopkins were all re-elected.

In 2010, Hadley and Burns were re-elected. Green Party senator Alyssa Nash was also elected.

After the 2010 Census, Hadley's district was re-drawn, placing her residence in the 43rd legislative district. In 2012 (the first election to use the 2010 data), Hadley was elected to represent the 43rd district in the Senate, along with Nash and Conservative Patrick Knight.

On September 30, 2012, Hadley was candidate in the election for SDP Leader. She was defeated by Beth Murray, 62-38%. Murray was elected Prime Minister on October 1.

In both 2014 and 2016, Hadley, Nash, and Knight were all re-elected.

President (2018-present)
On January 14, 2018, Hadley announced that she would not run for re-election to the Senate.

She announced on March 4 that she would run in the upcoming presidential election.