Barrier-free Constituency Offices
In 2013, the House of Assembly Management Commission revised and added regulations 18, 19 and 19A, which state all MLA constituency offices must be barrier-free.
- New members elected in October 2013 had until October 18, 2014 to comply with the barrier-free regulations.
- Re-elected members in October 2013 had until October 2016 to comply with the barrier-free regulations.
- New members elected in May 2017 have until May 2018 to comply with the barrier-free regulations.
To be considered barrier-free, a constituency office must include accessible parking, washrooms, meeting space, doors, entrance and a barrier-free approach.
Members are required to submit a compliance plan indicating if their office is barrier-free. If the office is not barrier-free, an explanation and plan to address any deficiencies must be provided.
This chart indicates if a member’s office is barrier free. If the MLA has submitted a Compliance Plan you can click on the report and the scanned plan is shown.
Name | Constituency | Timeline Requirement | Status as of Oct 2020 | If required, Compliance Form Attached | |
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Adams, Barbara | Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage | Complete | Barrier Free | N/A | |
Arab, Patricia | Fairview-Clayton Park | Complete | Barrier Free | N/A | |
Bain, Keith | Victoria-The Lakes | Complete | Barrier Free | N/A | |
Burrill, Gary | Halifax Chebucto | Complete | Barrier Free | N/A | |
Casey, Karen | Colchester North | Complete | Barrier Free | N/A | |
Chender, Claudia | Dartmouth South | Complete | Barrier Free | N/A | |
Churchill, Zach | Yarmouth | Complete | Barrier Free | N/A | |
Colwell, Keith | Preston-Dartmouth | Complete | Barrier Free | N/A | |
Comer, Brian | Sydney River-Mira-Louisbourg | Complete | Barrier Free | N/A | |
Coombes, Kendra | Cape Breton Centre | No Office Yet | No Office Yet | N/A | |
Craig, Steve | Sackville-Cobequid | Complete | Barrier Free | N/A | |
Delorey, Randy | Antigonish | Complete | No audible AND visible alarms, door width is .5" short - waiver agreed | Compliance Form attached | |
Diab, Lena | Halifax Armdale | Complete | Barrier Free | N/A | |
DiCostanzo, Rafah | Clayton Park West | Complete | Barrier Free | N/A | |
Dunn, Patrick | Pictou Centre | Complete | Barrier Free | N/A | |
Furey, Mark | Lunenburg West | Complete | Barrier Free | N/A | |
Glavine, Leo | Kings West | Complete | Barrier Free | N/A | |
Halman, Tim | Dartmouth East | Complete | Barrier Free | N/A | |
Harrison, Larry | Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley | Complete | Barrier Free | N/A | |
Hines, Lloyd | Guysborough-Eastern Shore-Tracadie | Complete | Barrier Free | N/A | |
Horne, William | Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank | Complete | Barrier Free | N/A | |
Houston, Timothy | Pictou East | Complete | Barrier Free | N/A | |
Ince, Tony | Cole Harbour-Portland Valley | Complete | Barrier Free | N/A | |
Irving, Keith | Kings South | Complete | Barrier Free | N/A | |
Jessome, Ben | Hammonds Plains-Lucasville | Complete | Barrier Free | N/A | |
Johns, Brad | Sackville-Beaver Bank | Complete | Barrier Free | N/A | |
Kousoulis, Labi | Halifax Citadel-Sable Island | Complete | Barrier Free | N/A | |
Leblanc, Colton | Argyle-Barrington (Tusket Office) | Complete | Barrier Free | N/A | |
Leblanc, Colton | Argyle-Barrington (Barrington Passage Office) | Complete | Barrier Free | N/A | |
Leblanc, Susan | Dartmouth North | Complete | Barrier Free | N/A | |
Lohnes-Croft, Suzanne | Lunenburg | Complete | Barrier Free | N/A | |
Lohr, John | Kings North | Complete | Barrier Free | N/A | |
MacFarlane, Karla | Pictou West | Complete | Barrier Free | N/A | |
MacKay, Hugh | Chester-St. Margaret's | Complete | Barrier Free | N/A | |
MacLellan, Geoff | Glace Bay | Complete | Barrier Free | N/A | |
MacMaster, Allan | Inverness | Complete | Barrier Free | N/A | |
Maguire, Brendan | Halifax Atlantic | Complete | Barrier Free | N/A | |
Masland, Kim | Queens-Shelburne | Complete | Barrier Free | N/A | |
McNeil, Stephen | Annapolis | Complete | Barrier Free | N/A | |
Miller, Margaret | Hants East | Complete | Barrier Free | N/A | |
Mombourquette, Derek | Sydney-Whitney Pier | Complete | Barrier Free | N/A | |
Murphy, Kevin | Eastern Shore | Complete | Barrier Free | N/A | |
Paon, Alana | Cape Breton-Richmond | Review May 2019 | Paving outstanding - waiver granted for max 12 months | Compliance Form attached | |
Porter, Chuck | Hants West | Complete | Barrier Free | N/A | |
Rankin, Iain | Timberlea-Prospect | Complete | Barrier Free | N/A | |
Regan, Kelly | Bedford | Complete | Barrier Free | N/A | |
Ritcey, Dave | Truro-Bible Hill-Millbrook-Salmon River | Complete | Barrier Free | N/A | |
Roberts, Lisa | Halifax Needham | Complete | Barrier Free | N/A | |
Rushton, Tory | Cumberland South | Complete | Barrier Free | N/A | |
Ryan, Murray | Northside-Westmount | Complete | Barrier Free | N/A | |
Smith-McCrossin, Elizabeth | Cumberland North | Complete | Barrier Free | N/A | |
Wilson, Gordon Lloyd | Clare-Digby (Little Brook Office) | Complete | Barrier Free | N/A | |
Wilson, Gordon Lloyd | Clare-Digby (Digby Office) | Complete | Barrier Free | N/A |