Education
Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Education, Dalhousie University;
Master’s and Doctorate degrees in education, University of Virginia.
Employment History
Frontier College instructor; high school teacher in Truro; director of inspection services at the Nova Scotia Department of Education; inspector of schools in Cumberland, Colchester and East Hants; lecturer at University of Prince Edward Island; assistant professor at Memorial University of Newfoundland; senior research associate at the Atlantic Institute of Education; principal of the Nova Scotia Teachers College; faculty member in education department at St. Francis Xavier University.
Political Career
First elected to Legislative Assembly in March 1998; re-elected July 1999, August 2003 and June 2006. Cabinet duties have included:
- Attorney General;
- Minister of Justice;
- Minister of Health;
- Minister of Education;
- Minister responsible for the Emergency Measures Act;
- Minister responsible for the Human Rights Act;
- Minister of the Regulations Act; and
- Minister responsible for Part II of the Workers’ Compensation Act and the Youth Secretariat Act
Family
Married since 1964 to Mary Jean Muir; four children.
