Eleanor Norrie | |
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MLA for Truro-Bible Hill | |
In office 1993–1998 | |
Preceded by | Ron Giffin |
Succeeded by | Jamie Muir |
Personal details | |
Born | 1942 Tatamagouche Mountain,Nova Scotia |
Political party | Liberal |
Eleanor Elizabeth Tucker Norrie (born 1942) is a former teacher,restaurant owner and politician in Nova Scotia,Canada. She represented Truro-Bible Hill in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1993 to 1998 as a Liberal member. [1]
Norrie was born in Tatamagouche Mountain,Nova Scotia and was educated at Colchester County Academy and the provincial normal school. [2] Norrie entered provincial politics in the 1993 election,defeating former Progressive Conservative MLA Jack Coupar by 187 votes in the Truro-Bible Hill riding. [3] [4] In June 1993,Norrie was appointed to the Executive Council of Nova Scotia as Minister of the Civil Service. [5] She became Minister of Human Resources later that year when the Civil Service Commission was replaced with the Department of Human Resources. [6] In March 1995,Norrie was shuffled to Minister of Housing and Consumer Affairs. [7] In March 1996,Norrie was named Minister of Natural Resources. [8] [9] She was dropped from the cabinet when Russell MacLellan took over as premier in July 1997. [10]
Norrie reoffered in the 1998 election, [11] [12] but was defeated by Progressive Conservative Jamie Muir. [13] [14] She later served as the president of the Liberal association for the federal riding of Cumberland—Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley. [15]
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