Bill MacDonald is a

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politician. He represented the electoral district of

Sackville-Beaver Bank Sackville-Uniacke is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada. It was created as Sackville-Beaver Bank in 2012 from parts of much of Hammonds Plains-Upper Sackville and part of Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank. The riding also existe ...

in the

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from 1993 to 1998. He was a member of the

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. A long time member of Halifax County Council, MacDonald first attempted to enter provincial politics in the 1984 election. He ran in the Sackville riding, but was defeated by New Democrat

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, finishing second ahead of Progressive Conservative incumbent

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. MacDonald ran again in

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, and won the new Sackville-Beaver Bank riding by 856 votes. MacDonald was defeated by New Democrat

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when he ran for re-election in

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. MacDonald ran again in the 1999 election, but finished third, 1,300 votes behind the winner

Barry Barnet Barry Barnet (born June 13, 1961) is a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral districts of Sackville-Beaver Bank and Hammonds Plains-Upper Sackville in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1999 to 2009. He was a member of the Progr ...

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