[2] Born in Halifax, the son of Robert Guy Edgar Kimball and Marjorie Coady,[3] he was educated at St. Francis Xavier University and Dalhousie Law School.
He entered provincial politics in the 1988 election, defeating NDP candidate Steve Mattson by 452 votes in the Kings South riding.
[4][5] In late 1992, Kimball lost the Progressive Conservative nomination in Kings South to former MLA and cabinet minister Harry How.
[6][7] Kimball quit the Progressive Conservative caucus in January 1993,[8] and ran as an independent candidate in the 1993 election.
[9] In December 2020, Kimball was nominated as the Progressive Conservative candidate in Kings South for the 2021 election,[10][11] but was defeated by Liberal Keith Irving.