Order of Nova Scotia

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The Order of Nova Scotia, established in 2001, is the highest honour of the province of Nova Scotia. A maximum of 5 individuals are awarded annually. The first awards were presented in 2002.

1 Purpose
2 Eligibility
3 Advisory Council
4 Recipients
- 4.1 2006
- 4.2 2005
- 4.3 2004
- 4.4 2003
- 4.5 2002
- 4.6 2001
5 See also
6 External links

[edit] Purpose

The Order recognizes individuals who have demonstrated excellence and achievement in any field of endeavour benefiting in an outstanding manner the province and its residents.

[edit] Eligibility

Canadian citizens who are current or former long-term residents of the province are eligible to be nominated for and to receive the Order.

Members of the House of Assembly or the legislative assembly of a province, or members of the Senate or the House of Commons of Canada; and judges of a court are not eligible to be nominated for or to receive the Order while they are in office.

[edit] Advisory Council

Its members are:

a Chair, appointed by the Premier
the Chief Justice of Nova Scotia, or a judge of the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal or the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, designated by the Chief Justice
the Clerk of the Executive Council
three members appointed by the Premier, including the president of a university in the province and a member of the Order
a member appointed by the Leader of the Opposition
a member appointed by each leader of a recognized party in the House of Assembly

[edit] Recipients

[edit] 2006

George Elliott Clarke
Joan Dillon
Colonel (Ret'd) Ian Simon Fraser
Alida (Cora) de Jong Greenaway
Ronald Daniel Stewart

[edit] 2005

Constance R. Glube
Rita MacNeil
Theresa Helen McNeil
Michael Joseph Cyril Reddy (Posthumous)
Jack Yazer

[edit] 2004

Anne Marie Comeau
Donald Michael Julien
Marial M. Mosher
Oscar Shiu-Yuet Wong
Sherman Zwicker

[edit] 2003

Robert Arnold Burden
David Alexander Colville
Shirley Burnham Elliott
Hugh Allan (Buddy) MacMaster
Dorothy Moore

[edit] 2002

Carrie M. Best
John H. Boudreau
Shirley R. Chernin
Lorne O. Clarke
Edith H. Cromwell
Marie B. Elwood
James A. Kehoe
Anne Murray
Daniel N. Paul
John P. Savage

[edit] 2001

Myra Freeman (as Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia)

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

Order of Nova Scotia

Provincial and territorial orders of Canada
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