Kennie MacAskill | |
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MLA for Victoria | |
In office 1988–2003 | |
Preceded by | Fisher Hudson |
Succeeded by | riding dissolved |
Personal details | |
Born | Englishtown,Nova Scotia [1] | August 12,1933
Political party | Liberal |
Residence(s) | Englishtown,Nova Scotia |
Kenneth MacAskill (born August 12,1933) is a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Victoria in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1988 to 2003. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.
Born in 1933, [2] MacAskill is a graduate of the Nova Scotia Institute of Technology where he obtained an interprovincial plumbing certificate. [3] For over 20 years,he operated his own plumbing and heating business in Englishtown,Nova Scotia. [3] MacAskill entered provincial politics in 1988,defeating Progressive Conservative incumbent Fisher Hudson to become the MLA for Victoria. [4] He was re-elected in 1993 [5] and served as a backbencher in John Savage's government. On July 18,1997,MacAskill was appointed to the Executive Council of Nova Scotia as Minister of Natural Resources. [6] [7] Following his re-election in the 1998 election, [8] MacAskill retained the Natural Resources portfolio. [9] He was re-elected to a fourth term as MLA in the 1999 election, [10] and did not seek re-election in 2003. [11] [12]
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