14 Facts About Terry Donahoe

Terence Richard Boyd Donahoe was a Nova Scotia opposition leader, cabinet minister, and MLA.

Terry Donahoe was born in Halifax on October 30,1944.

Terry Donahoe's older brother Art was an MLA and served as Speaker of the House of Assembly of Nova Scotia.

Terry Donahoe was educated at St Mary's High School in Halifax, after which he went to Saint Mary's University.

Terry Donahoe graduated in 1964 and then attended Dalhousie Law School.

Terry Donahoe was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in the 1978 provincial election as a Progressive Conservative, serving for 19 years.

Terry Donahoe represented Halifax Cornwallis from 1978 to 1993, then Halifax Citadel until he resigned in 1997 to run federally.

Terry Donahoe amalgamated the several hundred school boards into just under thirty, and introduced the first Acadian school board, precursor of the present-day Provincial Acadian School Board.

When Premier Donald Cameron stepped down on election night after the Conservatives' were defeated in 1993, Terry Donahoe was named interim leader of the Progressive Conservatives and leader of the official opposition.

Terry Donahoe served for two years before being succeeded by John Hamm who later led the party to power in the 1999 provincial election.

That campaign was a three way race which saw New Democratic Party leader Alexa McDonough get elected, while Terry Donahoe finished second, ahead of Liberal incumbent, Mary Clancy.

In 1985, Terry Donahoe was awarded an honorary doctorate in education from l'Universite Sainte-Anne.

Terry Donahoe donated a plaque commemorating the connection between Saint Mary's and the Charitable Irish Society.

Terry Donahoe died of cancer on November 29,2005, at the age of 61.