“Senior public office holders” are a subset of public office holders. “Senior public office holders” include the following positions:

• Premier and ministers (members of the Executive Council)
• Staff of premier/staff of ministers (other than administrative support staff)
• MLA
• Staff of MLAs (other than administrative support staff)
• Parliamentary secretary
• Deputy minister, chief executive officer or a position of comparable rank in a ministry
• Associate deputy minister, assistant deputy minister or a position of comparable rank in a ministry
• Senior or next most senior ranking executive position of a Provincial entity
• Chair or vice chair of, or the equivalent position in, the governing body of a Provincial entity           

A public office holder who is not a “senior public office holder” is:

• anyone in a ministry below the level of assistant/associate deputy minister;
• anyone below the two most senior ranking executive positions in a Provincial entity; and
• anyone below the level of chair or vice chair in the governing body of a Provincial entity.

This list may include an officer, director, or employee of any government corporation as defined in the Financial Administration Act.