Marilyn More
{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=September 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = The Honourable
| image =
| name = Marilyn More
| birth_date =
| birth_place =
| residence = Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
| constituency_AM = Dartmouth South-Portland Valley
| assembly = Nova Scotia House of
| term_start = August 5, 2003
| term_end = October 8, 2013
| predecessor = Tim OliveDartmouth South
| successor = Allan Rowe
| office2 = Minister of Education
| term_start2 = June 19, 2009
| term_end2 = January 11, 2011
| predecessor2 = Judy Streatch
| successor2 = Ramona Jennex
| office3 = Minister of Labour and Advanced Education
| term_start3 = June 19, 2009
| term_end3 = March 15, 2013
| predecessor3 = Mark Parent
| successor3 = Frank Corbett
| party = NDP
| religion =
| occupation = educator
}}
Marilyn More is a Canadian retired educator and politician from Nova Scotia.
A resident of Dartmouth, More worked as a teacher.
Political career
More was first elected to political office in 1978, when she became the first woman to be elected to a school board in Nova Scotia, having been elected to the Dartmouth School Board for three consecutive terms. More has been active with the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party and is a past-President of the party.{{cite web |title=Marilyn More Biography |url=http://www.ndpcaucus.ns.ca/profiles.asp?ID=14 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090209015255/http://ndpcaucus.ns.ca/profiles.asp?ID=14 |archivedate=2009-02-09 }}
In 2003 More successfully ran for the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party nomination in the riding of Dartmouth South-Portland Valley.{{cite web|url=http://www.herald.ns.ca/stories/2003/03/01/fMetro183.raw.html|title=Coin toss decides NDP candidate in Dartmouth riding|work=The Chronicle Herald|date=March 1, 2003|accessdate=2014-10-04|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20030505140244/http://www.herald.ns.ca/stories/2003/03/01/fMetro183.raw.html|archivedate=May 5, 2003}} More was elected in the 2003 provincial election{{cite web|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/03dist20.pdf|title=Election Returns, 2003 (Dartmouth South-Portland Valley)|publisher=Elections Nova Scotia|accessdate=2014-10-04}} and was re-elected in the 2006{{cite web|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/dist20_0.pdf|title=Election Returns, 2006 (Dartmouth South-Portland Valley)|publisher=Elections Nova Scotia|accessdate=2014-10-04}} and 2009 provincial elections.{{cite web|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/dist20.pdf|title=Election Returns, 2009 (Dartmouth South-Portland Valley)|publisher=Elections Nova Scotia|accessdate=2014-10-04}}
On June 19, 2009 More was appointed to the Executive Council of Nova Scotia where she served as Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development, as well as Minister of Labour and Workforce Development, and Minister of Volunteerism.{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/atlantic-canada-s-1st-ndp-government-takes-office-in-nova-scotia-1.789362|title=Atlantic Canada's 1st NDP government takes office in Nova Scotia|publisher=CBC News|date=June 19, 2009|accessdate=2014-10-04}} On January 11, 2011, Premier Darrell Dexter shuffled his cabinet, naming More as Minister of Labour and Advanced Education as well as the minister of both Immigration and Status of Women.{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/dexter-adds-2-cabinet-ministers-1.994806|title=Dexter adds 2 cabinet ministers|publisher=CBC News|date=January 11, 2011|accessdate=2015-07-14}} On March 15, 2013, More was shuffled to Minister responsible for the Public Service Commission, Communications Nova Scotia and the Status of Women.{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/ndp-mla-marilyn-more-won-t-reoffer-1.1401511|title=NDP MLA Marilyn More won't reoffer|publisher=CBC News|date=March 15, 2013|accessdate=2015-07-14}}{{cite web|url=http://metronews.ca/news/halifax/596649/nova-scotia-cabinet-has-minor-shuffle/|title=Nova Scotia cabinet has minor shuffle|work=Metro|location=Halifax|date=March 15, 2013|accessdate=2015-07-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150714221333/http://metronews.ca/news/halifax/596649/nova-scotia-cabinet-has-minor-shuffle/|archive-date=July 14, 2015|url-status=dead}}
More did not run for re-election in the 2013 provincial election.
References
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Category:Nova Scotia New Democratic Party MLAs
Category:Women MLAs in Nova Scotia
Category:Members of the Executive Council of Nova Scotia
Category:Politicians from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
Category:21st-century members of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
Category:21st-century Canadian women politicians