Duncan MacMillan (July 17, 1897 – April 10, 1969) was a Canadian politician. He represented the

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of Halifax East in the

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from 1956 to 1963, and

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from 1967 to 1969. He was a member of the

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. Born in 1897 at East Lake Ainslie,

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to Hugh and Margaret (MacKinnon) MacMillan, MacMillan was a physician and surgeon. He graduated from

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in 1928. He married Lillian Elspeth Campbell in 1941. From 1949 to 1952, MacMillan was a municipal councillor in

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, and also served as the medical health officer for Halifax County. MacMillan entered provincial politics in the 1956 election, winning the Halifax East riding. He was re-elected in the 1960 election. In the 1963 election, MacMillan was defeated by Progressive Conservative Nelson Gaetz. MacMillan ran again in the 1967 election, and defeated Gaetz by 519 votes in the new Halifax Eastern Shore riding. MacMillan died in office on April 10, 1969.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:MacMillan, Duncan 1897 births 1969 deaths Dalhousie University alumni Nova Scotia Liberal Party MLAs People from Inverness County, Nova Scotia Nova Scotia municipal councillors