Becky Druhan is a skilled, experienced advocate who has served Lunenburg West as MLA and Nova Scotia as Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development since 2021. She has a track record of leading impactful change for our community and the province, including:
- Improving Health Care - introducing new non-emergency Pharmacy and Mobile Clinics to Lunenburg West;
- Support for Seniors - Seniors Care Grant and the expansion of Long Term Care beds for Hillside Pines;
- Preserving the Environment - protecting Cape Lahave and East Spectacle Islands and Provincial Parks, Reserves and Wilderness Areas like Cherry Hill Beach;
- Improving Education and Child Care - introducing Nova Scotia’s universal school lunch program, removing cellphones from classrooms, reducing child care fees by half and opening over 5000 new child care spaces across the province.
Before entering politics, Becky practiced law and worked with non-profits and government organizations on a range of systems including health care, transportation, energy, justice and community services. She fought for individual needs - successfully advocating for change in care provider practices to protect vulnerable clients with mental health needs. She worked to improve services - leading programs to expand nursing, home and community care. She represented businesses and organizations - providing strategic legal advice while running complex litigation, labour relations and dispute resolution files.
Becky has also served on and volunteered with associations and boards including the Friends of Keji Cooperating Association and has provided pro bono legal work in support of access to services for children with disabilities and for provincial environmental programs.
Becky and her husband Anthony live in Italy Cross with their two children, Gabriella and Cullen. Becky’s grandmother was from Chelsea, and her grandparents lived in Italy Cross. She and Anthony were married in Port Medway, and lived in Bridgewater where Becky worked at Michelin in pre-production before they relocated to Halifax to attend school. In 2015 Becky and Anthony were fortunate to be able to return to the South Shore to raise their young family.