Ronald Chapman Giffin, (December 1, 1942 – April 15, 2021) was a lawyer and politician in
Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented
Truro-Bible Hill
Truro-Bible Hill-Millbrook-Salmon River is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.
The electoral district was created in 1978 and was named Truro-Bible Hill until it was ...
in the
Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1978 to 1993 as a
Progressive Conservative member.
He was born in
Windsor, Nova Scotia and was educated at the Windsor Academy,
Acadia University and
Dalhousie Law School. He was called to the Nova Scotia bar in 1966 and set up practice in Truro. Giffin was named
Queen's Counsel in 1982. He served in the
Executive Council of Nova Scotia as Minister of Municipal Affairs, Minister of Transportation, Minister of Vocational and Technical Training, Minister of Education, Attorney General and Provincial Secretary. He was also president of the Nova Scotia Treasury Board.
Giffin died on April 15, 2021.
References
External links
Entry from Canadian Who's Who
1942 births
2021 deaths
People from Truro, Nova Scotia
Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia MLAs
Members of the Executive Council of Nova Scotia
Canadian King's Counsel
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