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Dwight L. Bishop
Ombudsman for the Province of Nova Scotia

Dwight Bishop was appointed Ombudsman for the Province of Nova Scotia on January 1, 2004. Mr. Bishop was a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) for 34 years and served in a variety of positions across Canada. He led the provincial police force through emergency situations such as Swissair and 9/11. Mr. Bishop's last position was Commanding Officer for the RCMP in Nova Scotia. He held this position from 1997 to 2003. He was also Acting Review Officer, Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy for the Province of Nova Scotia from January 2006 to February 2007.

Mr. Bishop is a member of the Canadian Parliamentary Ombudsman Association, Forum of Canadian Ombudsman, International Ombudsman Institute, an executive on the Canadian Council of Provincial Child Youth Advocates, a member of the Nova Scotia Barristers' Society, life member of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police, and a board member of the Canadian Corps of Commissionaires (Nova Scotia), and a director of the WWII Annual Remembrance Day Church Service Association. He was an executive member of the Criminal Intelligence Service of Canada, and past provincial chair of the Law Enforcement Torch Run for the Special Olympics.

The recipient of numerous commendations, Mr. Bishop has been awarded the Order of St. John's; the Queen's Jubilee Medal; the RCMP Service Medal; the Order of Merit for Police Officers, Government of Canada; named Honourary Chief, First Nations, Millbrook; and presented with an Honourary Doctorate, Civil Laws from Acadia University.

A native of the Annapolis Valley, Mr. Bishop is a graduate of Acadia University (1969) and Dalhousie Law School (1978). He is married with two children and three grandchildren. He currently resides in Wolfville, Nova Scotia.

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