Becky Druhan | |
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Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development | |
Assumed office August 31, 2021 | |
Assembly Member for Lunenburg West | |
Assumed office August 17,2021 | |
Preceded by | Mark Furey |
Personal details | |
Born | Rebecca Druhan 1975/1976 [1] |
Political party | Progressive Conservative |
Rebecca (Becky) Druhan [2] (born 1975/1976) is a Canadian politician,who was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in the 2021 Nova Scotia general election. [3] She represents the riding of Lunenburg West as a member of the Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia.
Druhan graduated from Dalhousie University in 1997 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. In 2003,she received a Bachelor of Laws from Dalhousie Law School and was admitted to the bar in 2004. [4]
Prior to her election to the legislature,Druhan was a lawyer and program coordinator for the Victorian Order of Nurses. [5]
Druhan was sworn in as the minister for Education and Early Childhood Development on August 31,2021. [6]
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