Former Liberal federal cabinet minister Scott Brison has been appointed chancellor of Dalhousie University.
He will replace Anne McLellan, whose term is up at the end of May.
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Dalhousie’s interim president, Teri Balser, says Brison is a “respected and accomplished leader” whose experience will benefit the Halifax school across North America and globally.
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Brison, who becomes Dalhousie’s eighth chancellor, earned a Bachelor of Commerce Degree from the university in 1989.
He formerly served 22 years as the MP for the Nova Scotia riding of Kings-Hants.
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Brison was serving as president of the Treasury Board when he announced his resignation from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet last January.
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