Terry Donahoe
| Terry Donahoe | |
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| MLA for Halifax Cornwallis | |
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In office 1978–1993 |
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| Preceded by | George M. Mitchell |
| Succeeded by | riding dissolved |
| MLA for Halifax Citadel | |
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In office 1993–1997 |
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| Preceded by | Art Donahoe |
| Succeeded by | Ed Kinley |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 30, 1944 Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| Died | November 29, 2005 (aged 61) Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
Terence Richard Boyd Donahoe (October 30, 1944 – November 29, 2005) was a former Nova Scotia opposition leader, cabinet minister, and MLA.
Terry Donahoe was born in Halifax on October 30, 1944. His father Richard was Mayor of Halifax, served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Public Health and Welfare and Attorney General and was a Senator. Donahoe's older brother Art was also an MLA and served as Speaker of the House of Assembly of Nova Scotia.
Donahoe was educated at St. Mary's High School in Halifax, after which he went to Saint Mary's University. He graduated in 1964 and then attended Dalhousie Law School. After completing his law degree, he joined the Halifax law firm of Blois, Nickerson, Palmeter and Bryson in 1967.
He was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in the 1978 provincial election as a Progressive Conservative, serving for 19 years. He represented Halifax Cornwallis from 1978 to 1993, then Halifax Citadel (succeeding his brother Art) until he resigned in 1997 to run federally.
In Cabinet, he served in several posts, including Education, Tourism and Culture, Environment, Labour, Attorney General and Chair of the Management Board. He held the education portfolio for eight years. In that ministry, he was a strong supporter of the public education system, pushing for more money for schools and championing new programs. He also amalgamated the several hundred school boards into just under thirty, and introduced the first Acadian school board, precursor of the present-day Provincial Acadian School Board. The Education Act of 1981 gave legal recognition to the category of "Acadian schools" where French is taught as a first language and where French is used as a language of instruction.
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