Sergeant-at-Arms

The Sergeant-at-Arms is the Guardian of the Mace which is the symbol of Parliamentary authority. He assists the Speaker in maintaining order in the Chamber and has a number of ceremonial functions which include leading the Speaker's procession into the Chamber at the start of each day's sitting and preceding the Speaker as he leaves the Chamber at a recess or adjournment of the Assembly. He also announces and escorts the Lieutenant Governor while entering or leaving the Chamber.

The Sergeant-at-Arms is Mr. Ken Greenham

The Mace

The present mace was a gift to the House of Assembly, in 1930, from the Chief Justice of Nova Scotia, the Honourable Robert E. Harris and Mrs. Harris. It is silver gilt and four feet tall. Depicted in the glittering surfaces of the mace are the Royal Crown, the Armorial Achievement of Nova Scotia, the Great Seal of the Province, and the floral emblem of Nova Scotia, the mayflower.

Above: Nova Scotia Provincial Mace