John Wayne "Buzzy" Connors (born January 30, 1936) is a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Cape Breton Centre in the

Nova Scotia House of Assembly The Nova Scotia House of Assembly (french: Assemblée législative de la Nouvelle-Écosse; gd, Taigh Seanaidh Alba Nuadh), or Legislative Assembly, is the deliberative assembly of the General Assembly of Nova Scotia of the province of Nova Scotia ...

from 1988 to 1989. He was a member of the

Nova Scotia Liberal Party The Nova Scotia Liberal Party is a centrist provincial political party in Nova Scotia, Canada and the provincial section of the Liberal Party of Canada. The party currently forms the Official Opposition in Nova Scotia, under the leadership of Z ...

. Born in 1936 at

New Waterford, Nova Scotia New Waterford (Irish language: ''Port Lairge Ùr'') is an urban community in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality of Nova Scotia, Canada. Geography Formerly known as Barrachois (from barachois, meaning small port, lagoon or pond), its present nam ...

, Connors is a graduate of

St. Francis Xavier University St. Francis Xavier University is a public undergraduate liberal arts university located in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is a member of the Maple League, a group of primarily undergraduate universities in Eastern Canada. History St. Franc ...

. He served as a town councillor in New Waterford from 1982 to 1985. He entered provincial politics in the 1988 election, winning the Cape Breton Centre riding by 1,471 votes. He served as MLA until February 1989, when he resigned for health reasons.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Connors, Wayne Living people 1936 births Nova Scotia Liberal Party MLAs People from New Waterford, Nova Scotia St. Francis Xavier University alumni Nova Scotia municipal councillors