Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
Nova Scotia. Deputy Provincial Secretary
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1740-
History
The deputy provincial secretary, first appointed in 1740, gradually assumed the responsibility of secretary, registrar and clerk of the Council. When the provincial secretary became a department of government in 1900, the deputy provincial secretary became a deputy minister and the senior civil servant. From 1900 until the 1960s the deputy provincial secretary also served as registrar of joint stock companies. The deputy minister to the premier is successor to the deputy provincial secretary as official head of the public service.