Leroy Legere | |
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Member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly for Yarmouth | |
In office 1988–1993 | |
Preceded by | Alex McIntosh |
Succeeded by | Richie Hubbard |
Personal details | |
Born | [1] | August 24,1945
Political party | Progressive Conservative |
Residence | Arcadia,Nova Scotia [2] |
Joseph Leroy Legere (born August 24,1945) is a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Yarmouth in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1988 to 1993. He was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia. [3]
Legere is the son of Felton Legere,a former Member of Parliament,and Etta Surette. [4]
Legere was elected in the 1988 election,defeating former Liberal MLA Fraser Mooney by 341 votes in the Yarmouth riding. [5] [6] He served in the Executive Council of Nova Scotia as Minister of Labour and Minister of Fisheries. [7] He was Minister of Labour at the time of the Westray Mine disaster. His department was responsible for safety at the mine,and Legere faced criticism over his handling of the disaster. [8] He was removed as Minister of Labour in November 1992,but kept the fisheries portfolio. [7] In the 1993 election,he was defeated by Liberal Richie Hubbard. [9] [10]
Following his defeat,he returned to the education field,and served as one of the two directors of schools for the Southwest Regional School Board. [11] In June 2000,the Government of Nova Scotia divided the Southwest Regional School Board into two district boards,and Legere was named the chief executive officer for both the new Tri-County District School Board and the new South Shore District School Board. [12] He also served as Regional Education Officer for the Nova Scotia Department of Education. [2] In April 2013,Legere was appointed to the federal government's Social Security Tribunal,which handles all EI,Social Security and Canada Pension Plan appeals. [13]
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