Jamie Muir (politician)
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The Honourable Jamie Muir |
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| Member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly for Truro-Bible Hill |
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In office March 24, 1998 – June 9, 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Eleanor Norrie |
| Succeeded by | Lenore Zann |
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In office March 10, 2009 – June 19, 2009 |
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| Premier | Rodney MacDonald |
| Preceded by | Chris d'Entremont |
| Succeeded by | Graham Steele |
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February 2, 1941 Truro, Nova Scotia |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
Jamie Muir (born February 2, 1941) is a Canadian educator and politician. He represented the electoral district of Truro-Bible Hill in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1998 to 2009. He was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia.
Born in 1941 at Truro, Nova Scotia, Muir graduated from Dalhousie University with a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Education degree before completing his Master's and Doctorate degrees in education at the University of Virginia.
In 1964, he married Mary Jean Cox. They have four children.
Muir taught as a Frontier College instructor and a high school teacher in Truro before serving as Director of Inspection Services in the Nova Scotia Department of Education. He also served as inspector of schools in Cumberland, Colchester and Hants counties.
He has taught at the post-secondary level, lecturing at University of Prince Edward Island, serving as assistant professor at Memorial University of Newfoundland, senior research associate at the Atlantic Institute of Education, principal of the Nova Scotia Teachers College and as a faculty member in education department at St. Francis Xavier University.
Muir entered provincial politics in the 1998 election, defeating former Liberal cabinet minister Eleanor Norrie in the Truro-Bible Hill riding. He was re-elected in the 1999 election. In August 1999, Muir was appointed to the Executive Council of Nova Scotia as Minister of Health. On December 19, 2002, Muir was moved to Attorney General and Minister of Justice.
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