Former Progressive Conservative justice minister joins Nova Scotia Liberal Party

Former Education and Early Childhood Development minister Becky Druhan announces plans for four new schools in the Halifax region on Sept. 24, 2024. (Source: Jesse Thomas/CTV News Atlantic)

HALIFAX — Becky Druhan, Nova Scotia’s former justice minister and Independent member of the legislature, is joining the provincial Liberals.

Druhan represents the Lunenburg West riding in Nova Scotia’s South Shore and was elected twice as a member of the Progressive Conservatives.

She left the party in the fall citing differences with the government’s leadership, and sat as an Independent during the most recent sitting of the legislature.

Druhan made the announcement to reporters in Bridgewater, N.S., today.

Cape Breton University political scientist Tom Urbaniak says the move represents a major win for the Liberals, a party that was reduced to just two members after the 2024 election.

Urbaniak says Druhan was a top performer in the most recent legislative session, adding that it’s likely she wants to run to become leader of the Liberals.

Lyndsay Armstrong, The Canadian Press

This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 11, 2026.