Vincent James MacLean (born December 8, 1944)
[Normandin, PG ''Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1977''] was leader of the
Nova Scotia Liberal Party in 1985 and again from 1986 to 1992.
He was replaced by
John Savage.
He was born in
Sydney
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Nova Scotia on
Cape Breton Island
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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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St. Francis Xavier University, the
University of New Brunswick and
Saint Mary's University. He served in the
Canadian Officers' Training Corps at
CFB Shilo 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
Member of the Legislative Assembly (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
Sydney—Victoria, but was defeated by
Peter Mancini of the
New Democratic Party
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Electoral record
References
1944 births
Living people
Mayors of places in Nova Scotia
Members of the Executive Council of Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia Liberal Party MLAs
Nova Scotia political party leaders
People from Sydney, Nova Scotia
Speakers of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
Saint Mary's University (Halifax) alumni
St. Francis Xavier University alumni
University of New Brunswick alumni
Nova Scotia candidates for Member of Parliament
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