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 Carolyn Fowler
Mike Chisholm George MacKenzie
Linda MacDonald  
Community Services Kate Martin, Chair Betty Thomas
Colleen Hooper Nancy Battis
Paula Wedge  
Education Dale Rushton , Chair Heather Irwin
Annette Saulnier Randal Holmesdale
Andrea John  
Environment, and
Labour & Workforce
Development
Leslie Shanahan, Chair Ann Mann
Marjorie Davison Michael Doiron
Peter Geddes  
Finance Sharalyn Young, Chair Chris Hartt
David Perry William Mont
Michael Ingram  
Health Gail Boone, Chair Kristanne Chandler
Linda Smith  
Faizal Nanji  
Justice Cathy Corbett, A/Chair Dr. James McNiven
Christine Mosher David Thwaites
Robert Purcell  
Natural Resources Leslie Shanahan, Chair John Merrick
Patricia MacNeil Carson Dingwell
Peter MacQuarrie  
Service Nova Scotia
& Municipal Relations
Isabel Haché, Chair Ann Janega
Gerald Hashey Paulette Anderson
Jeff Shute