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
MLA for Truro - Bible Hill
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, and Minister of Education. He has been Minister responsible for the Human Rights Act, the Regulations Act, Part II of the Workers’ Compensation
Act and Minister responsible for the Youth Secretariat Act.
Family
Married since 1964 to Mary Jean Muir; four children.
