Hon. Marilyn More, Minister of Education

Additional biographical info is available on the Executive Council web site.

Marilyn More became the MLA for Dartmouth South-Portland Valley in August 2003.

She was re-elected in 2006, and in 2009 she was sworn in as the Minister of Education, Minister of Labour and Workforce Development and Minister of Volunteerism.

Marilyn brings much experience in community development, volunteer supports and seniors' issues through her leadership in Community Links, the Rural Volunteers Project and the Nova Scotia Falls Prevention Initiative.

Marilyn was also active in the healthy communities movement and was chosen one of the first community members to join federal and provincial officials on the Nova Scotia Rural Team.

Marilyn has served as the NDP Caucus Chair and 2003-09 Chair of the all-party Legislative Standing Committee on Community Services. She was also member of the Public Accounts and Economic Development Standing Committees and was the first female Party Whip in Nova Scotia during her 2006-07 appointment by Darrell Dexter.

Marilyn's involvement in Dartmouth organizations and community life started as a young child. Recent volunteer experience included the Dartmouth Heritage Museum Society, Dartmouth Historical Association, and the Public Good Society of Dartmouth.

The first woman elected to a school board in Nova Scotia (1978), she served as Chair of the Dartmouth District School Board for a number of years. A former junior high teacher, she has always been interested in public education.

Her community and political focus continues to be on education and youth, seniors and persons with disabilities, reducing poverty and other social inequities, protection of our environment and heritage, and strengthening the volunteer sector.

Marilyn has also been very involved with the New Democratic Party at all levels and was twice elected President of the Nova Scotia NDP.

The mother of two adult sons and proud grandmother of two, Marilyn has a strong sense of family and community. She is committed and cares deeply for people of all ages and interests in every aspect of her work.

She understands the issues facing today's families in all their different shapes and sizes. "Working together, we can make a difference!"