Barbara Anne Adams (born August 18, 1962)
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Nova Scotia Legislature is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the
Nova Scotia House of Assembly
The Nova Scotia House of Assembly (; ), or Legislative Assembly, is the deliberative assembly of the General Assembly of Nova Scotia, and together with the lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia makes up the Nova Scotia Legislature.
The assembly is ...
in the
2017 provincial election. A member of the
Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia
The Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia, more commonly known as the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia, is a political party in Nova Scotia, Canada. Like most conservative parties in Atlantic Canada, it has been histor ...
, she represents the electoral district of
Eastern Passage. Adams was the PC critic for Community Services; and the Advisory Council on the Status of Women.
Early life and education
Adams graduated from
Dartmouth High School in 1980 and then from
Dalhousie University
Dalhousie University (commonly known as Dal) is a large public research university in Nova Scotia, Canada, with three campuses in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Halifax, a fourth in Bible Hill, Nova Scotia, Bible Hill, and a second medical school campus ...
with a Bachelor of Science in Physical Therapy in 1984.
Career
Adams was a physiotherapist and owned and operated a chronic pain clinic in
Cole Harbour.
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On August 31, 2021, Adams was made the first Minister of Seniors and Long-term Care.
Electoral record
References
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Dalhousie University alumni
Living people
Canadian physiotherapists
Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia MLAs
Members of the Executive Council of Nova Scotia
Women MLAs in Nova Scotia
21st-century Canadian women politicians
1962 births
21st-century members of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly