The Executive Council of Nova Scotia (informally and more commonly, the Cabinet of Nova Scotia) is the cabinet of the Canadian province.
Almost always made up of members of the Nova Scotia Legislature the cabinet is similar in structure and role to the Cabinet of Canada while being smaller in size. As federal and provincial responsibilities differ there are a number of different portfolios between the federal and provincial governments.
The cabinet is selected by the Premier of Nova Scotia and is sworn in by the Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia. Most cabinet ministers are the head of a ministry, but this is not always the case.
Like at the federal level the most important cabinet post after that of the leader is Minister of Finance. Today the next most powerful position is certainly the health portfolio which has a vast budget and is of central political import. Other powerful porfolios include Education and Health.
Current Cabinet
The cabinet is derived from the caucus of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia.
| Portfolio |
Minister |
Premier of Nova Scotia
Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs
and President of the Executive Council |
John Hamm |
Deputy Premier
Minister of Transportation and Public Works
Minister responsible for the Sydney Steel Corporation Act
Minister responsible for the Sydney Tar Ponds Agency
and Minister responsible for the Insurance Act |
Ronald S. Russell |
Minister of Economic Development
Minister responsible for Nova Scotia Business Incorporated
Minister responsible for the Innovation Corporation Act
Minister responsible for Communications Nova Scotia
Minister responsible for the Emergency Measures Act
Minister responsible for the Liquor Control Act
and Minister responsible for the Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation
|
Ernest L. Fage |
Attorney General and Minister of Justice
Chair of Treasury and Policy Board
Minister of Aboriginal Affairs
Minister responsible for the Human Rights Act
Minister responsible for the Regulations Act
and Minister responsible for Part II of the Workers' Compensation Act
|
Michael G. Baker |
Minister of Education
and Minister responsible for the Youth Secretariat Act
|
Jamie Muir |
Minister of Finance
and Minister responsible for Part I of the Gaming Control Act
|
Peter G. Christie |
Minister of Tourism, Culture, and Heritage
Minister of Health Promotion
and Minister responsible for the Heritage Property Act |
Rodney J. MacDonald |
Minister of Health
and Chair of the Senior Citizens' Secretariat
|
Angus MacIsaac |
Minister of Community Services
and Minister responsible for the Disabled Persons' Commission Act |
David M. Morse |
| Minister of Energy |
Cecil P. Clarke |
Minister of Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations
Minister of African Nova Scotian Affairs
and Minister responsible for the Residential Tenancies Act |
Barry Barnet |
Minister of Environment and Labour
Minister responsible for the Workers' Comensation Act (except Part II)
Minister responsible for Part II of the Gaming Control Act
and Minister responsible for the Utility and Review Board Act |
Kerry Morash |
| Minister of Natural Resources |
Richard Hurlburt |
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries
Minister of Acadian Affairs
and Minister responsible for the Maritime Provinces Harness Racing Commission Act |
Chris A. d'Entremont |
Minister of Human Resources
Minister responsible for the Public Service Commission
and Minister responsible for the Advisory Council on the Status of Women Act |
Carolyn Bolivar-Getson |
