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).
| 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 |