Adjudicative Advisory Committees
Since January, 2003, applications to the Province’s adjudicative ABCs have been reviewed by non-partisan advisory committees. These committees recommend the most qualified candidates for appointment to the Minister.
Each advisory committee is made up of a government human resource professional, two civil servants, and two volunteer lay members. The lay member appointments are for a term of two years. Vacancies for the lay member positions are advertised in the provincial newspapers as vacancies arise.
For more information on the process followed by the advisory committees, please see their Terms of Reference (PDF).
Advisory Committee Members
| Department | Civil Service | Lay Members |
Agriculture |
Leslie Shanahan , Chair | Ronald Desmore |
| Ernest Walker | George MacKenzie | |
| Linda MacDonald | ||
| Community Services | Kate Martin, Chair | Betty Thomas |
| Colleen Hooper | Nancy Battis | |
| Maria Lasheras | ||
| Education and Early Childhood Development | Colette Curran, Chair | Dorothy Mullins |
| Andrea John | Diane Wooden | |
| Marcia Smythe | ||
| Environment | Leslie Shanahan, Chair | |
| Labour and Advanced Education | ||
| Colette Curran , Chair | Ann Mann | |
| Marjorie Davison | Michael Doiron | |
| Peter Geddes | ||
| Finance | Dale Rushton , Chair | Chris Hartt |
| David Perry | James M. Wyatt | |
| Michael Ingram | ||
| Health and Wellness | Colette Curran , Chair | William (Bill) Legge |
| Patricia Murray | Carolyn Fowler | |
| Tracey Barbrick | Deborah Vandewater | |
| Betty Thomas | ||
| Justice | Kim Aselstine, Chair | James D.McNiven |
| John Traves | David Thwaites | |
| Robert Purcell | Bill Smith | |
| Natural Resources | Leslie Shanahan, Chair | John Merrick |
| Patricia MacNeil | Carson Dingwell | |
| Peter MacQuarrie | Bill Legge | |
| Service Nova Scotia & Municipal Relations |
Tina Sanford, Interim Chair | Paulette Anderson |
| Jeff Shute | ||
| Hayley Clarke |