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.

Contents 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

• List of Canadian awards
• List of Canadian provincial and territorial orders

[edit] External links

• Order of Nova Scotia

Provincial and territorial orders of Canada
Order of Newfoundland and Labrador | Order of Prince Edward Island | Order of Nova Scotia | Order of New Brunswick | National Order of Quebec | Order of Ontario | Order of Manitoba | Saskatchewan Order of Merit | Alberta Order of Excellence | Order of British Columbia