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Brendan Maguire
Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development and Government House Leader (Nova Scotia), NS
NS PC
About
Brendan Maguire is the Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative MLA for Halifax Atlantic. He serves as Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development and as Government House Leader, where he coordinates the government's legislative agenda. First elected in 2013 as a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party, he was re-elected in 2017, 2021, and 2024. In February 2024 he crossed the floor from the Liberals to the Progressive Conservatives. In the May 27, 2026 cabinet shuffle he gave up the Advanced Education portfolio (which went to Brian Wong) but retained Education and Early Childhood Development.
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