She represented the electoral district of Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 2007 to 2013.
[citation needed] She presently sits on the Halifax Regional Council.
[2] She entered provincial politics in October 2007, winning a by-election in the Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage riding.
[6] In March 2013, she was appointed ministerial assistant to the Minister of Education.
[7] Kent was defeated by Liberal Joyce Treen when she ran for re-election in the 2013 election.