Jack MacIsaac | |
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MLA for Pictou Centre | |
In office 1977–1993 | |
Preceded by | Fraser MacLean |
Succeeded by | John Hamm |
Personal details | |
Born | John A. MacIsaac June 23,1939 Inverness,Nova Scotia |
Political party | Progressive Conservative |
Residence | New Glasgow,Nova Scotia |
Occupation | Insurance agent |
John A. "Jack" MacIsaac (born June 23,1939) is a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Pictou Centre in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1977 to 1993. He was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia. [1]
MacIsaac was born in 1939 at Inverness,Nova Scotia. [2] He was an insurance agent in New Glasgow,Nova Scotia, [3]
MacIsaac entered provincial politics in 1977,winning a by-election for the Pictou Centre riding. [4] [5] MacIsaac was re-elected in the 1978 election, [6] that resulted in a majority government for the Progressive Conservatives led by John Buchanan. [7] He was re-elected in the 1981, [8] 1984, [9] and 1988 general elections. [10]
When Buchanan was sworn in as premier on October 5,1978,he appointed MacIsaac to the Executive Council of Nova Scotia as Minister of Social Services. [11] He later served in cabinet as Minister of Municipal Affairs, [12] Minister of Labour, [13] Minister of Transportation, [14] Minister of Tourism, [15] Minister of Lands and Forests, [16] and Minister of Mines and Energy. [17]
MacIsaac quit the cabinet in February 1991, [18] and did not seek re-election in the 1993 election. [19]
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