John A. "Jack" MacIsaac (born June 23, 1939) is a Canadian politician. He represented the

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Pictou Centre Pictou Centre is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. Members of the Legislative Assembly This riding has elected the following Members of the Legislative Assembly: ...

in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1977 to 1993. He was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia.

Early life

MacIsaac was born in 1939 at Inverness, Nova Scotia. He was an insurance agent in

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Political career

MacIsaac entered provincial politics in 1977, winning a by-election for the Pictou Centre riding. MacIsaac was re-elected in the 1978 election, that resulted in a majority government for the Progressive Conservatives led by John Buchanan. He was re-elected in the

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, and 1988 general elections. When Buchanan was sworn in as premier on October 5, 1978, he appointed MacIsaac to the Executive Council of Nova Scotia as Minister of Social Services. He later served in cabinet as Minister of Municipal Affairs, Minister of Labour, Minister of Transportation, Minister of Tourism, Minister of Lands and Forests, and Minister of Mines and Energy. MacIsaac quit the cabinet in February 1991, and did not seek re-election in the 1993 election.

References

Living people Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia MLAs Members of the Executive Council of Nova Scotia People from New Glasgow, Nova Scotia 1939 births {{ProgressiveConservative-NovaScotia-MLA-stub