James "Buddy" MacEachern (June 29, 1940 – June 15, 2018) was a Canadian politician from Nova Scotia. He represented the

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in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1974 to 1981. He was a member of the

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Life

MacEachern was born on June 29, 1940, at

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. He was a Catholic. In the 1974 provincial election, MacEachern defeated Progressive Conservative incumbent Mike Laffin to win the Cape Breton Centre riding. He was re-elected in the 1978 election, and in 1980 became the party's interim leader following the resignation of

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. He served for a month until a leadership convention elected

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as leader. At the convention, MacEachern was also a candidate, finishing third. In the 1981 election, MacEachern was defeated by the riding's former MLA, Mike Laffin. MacEachern died on June 15, 2018, in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.

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* 1940 births 2018 deaths Canadian people of Scottish descent Canadian Roman Catholics Leaders of the Nova Scotia CCF/NDP Nova Scotia New Democratic Party MLAs People from Sydney, Nova Scotia {{NovaScotia-MLA-stub