Kennie MacAskill  | |
|---|---|
| MLA for Victoria | |
| In office 1988–2003  | |
| Preceded by | Fisher Hudson | 
| Succeeded by | riding dissolved | 
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 12,1933 Englishtown,Nova Scotia [1]  | 
| 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]