Vincent James MacLean (born December 8, 1944)Normandin, PG ''Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1977'' was leader of the

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in 1985 and again from 1986 to 1992. He was replaced by John Savage. He was born in

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, the son of Joseph W. MacLean and Marguerite MacNeil. MacLean grew up and lives in Sydney. He was educated at Sydney Academy,

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, the

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and Saint Mary's University. He served in the

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in Manitoba from 1964 to 1966. In 1968, he married Natalie Furdas. He was a high school teacher at Sydney Academy before being elected as a

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(MLA) in 1974. He represented the riding of Cape Breton South from 1974 until 1993. MacLean was speaker for the assembly from 1974 to 1976, when he was named to the cabinet as Minister of Lands and Forests and Minister of Environment. He later served as mayor of Sydney. In 1997, MacLean sought election to Parliament as a Liberal candidate in the newly created federal riding of

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, but was defeated by

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of the

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Electoral record

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