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Jane Purves

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Political partyProgressive Conservative
MLA for Halifax Citadel
In office1999 - 2003
Succeeded byDanny Graham
Preceded byPeter Delefes

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Jane Purves was a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in the 1999 provincial election. She represented the electoral district of Halifax Citadel as a member of the Progressive Conservatives.

Prior to being elected, Purves spent eight years as managing editor at the Halifax Chronicle Herald. In politics, she served in the Executive Council of Nova Scotia as Minister of Education, and Minister of Health. Following her defeat in the 2003 election, Purves was named editor of The Daily News. She remained at the paper for less than a year, resigning in October 2004, to take over as chief of staff to Nova Scotia Premier John Hamm.


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Review: Fit O' The Giggles, Beehive Inn - Edinburgh Evening News Tweet this news
Edinburgh Evening News--John -Purves- followed, with a stream of well written smart and punishing jokes, he came across like a faster paced but less barbed version of Emo Philips. ... - Date : Tue, 11 Jan 2011 12:07:59 GMT+00:00
Review Fit O The Giggles Beehive Inn - Scotsman Tweet this news
Scotsman--John -Purves- followed, with a stream of well written smart and punishing jokes, he came across like a faster paced but less barbed version of Emo Philips. ... - Date : Tue, 11 Jan 2011 09:41:30 GMT+00:00
Features: Milestone Messiahs for Huddersfield Choral Society in its 175th ... - Huddersfield Examiner Tweet this news
Huddersfield Examiner--The Choral will be accompanied by the musicians of the Northern Sinfonia with -Jane- Glover conducting. The soloists are soprano Elizabeth Watts, ... - Date : Fri, 17 Dec 2010 15:33:28 GMT+00:00
At the Galleries - Green Bay Press Gazette Tweet this news
Green Bay Press Gazette--Refurbished tug John -Purves- tours, 10:30 am-3:30 pm Saturdays, Sundays and Nov. 26, $5; height restriction 42 inches. Holiday Ornament Showcase fundraiser ... - Date : Thu, 25 Nov 2010 06:57:42 GMT+00:00
Odour complaints rise at Chemtura - Elmira Independent Tweet this news
Elmira Independent--The issue was raised at the Oct. 18 Chemtura Public Advisory Committee by Elmira resident Shannon -Purves--Smith. -Purves--Smith told CPAC members that she ... - Date : Wed, 20 Oct 2010 15:21:01 GMT+00:00
Religion news - Charlotte Observer Tweet this news
Charlotte Observer--Dr. Andrew -Purves- in the sanctuary. Reception and tours of Historic Hopewell to follow. Sunday: 11 am sermon by the Rev. Dr. Andrew -Purves-. ... - Date : Wed, 03 Nov 2010 04:42:29 GMT+00:00
Jane Storey, Deputy Leader of Suffolk County Council has issued an interesting ... - sourcingfocus.com Tweet this news
sourcingfocus.com--Everything must go”, Libby -Purves-, Sept 27). What we want to develop in Suffolk is a new model for public services in which the community and citizens play ... - Date : Wed, 29 Sep 2010 09:46:29 GMT+00:00
Provost welcomes weary walkers - Cumnock Chronicle Tweet this news
Cumnock Chronicle--Photo Caption: Provost Young and -Jane- Smith, Manager of East Ayrshire Carers' Centre with carers Lynn McTurk, Fraser DeVoy and Pauline Usher--Purves-.--- - Date : Fri, 17 Sep 2010 08:38:20 GMT+00:00
Former alderman Dewell dies - TheChronicleHerald.ca Tweet this news
TheChronicleHerald.ca--He was also executive assistant to former education and health minister -Jane Purves-. "He was kind, he was immensely loyal, he adored his daughters," Purves ... - Date : Wed, 30 Jun 2010 08:59:44 GMT+00:00
Art stripped bare - The Age Tweet this news
The Age--Stuart -Purves-, owner of Melbourne's Australian Galleries and major dealer in Whiteley works, backs her opinion. "The work just doesn't have the artistic ... - Date : Fri, 18 Jun 2010 14:05:54 GMT+00:00



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