Bruce McLaughlin explained

Bruce McLaughlin
Birth Date:15 January 1946
Birth Place:Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Residence:Yellowknife, NWT, Canada
Office:Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories
Office1:Minister of Health and Social Services of the Northwest Territories
Constituency:Pine Point
Term Start:1979
Term End:1991
Term Start1:1983
Term End1:1991
Predecessor:New District
Successor:District Abolished

Bruce McLaughlin (born January 15, 1946) is a Canadian politician. He served as a Member of the Northwest Territories Legislature from 1979 until 1991.[1]

McLaughlin was first elected to the Northwest Territories Legislature in the 1979 Northwest Territories general election. He won the new Pine Point electoral district. McLaughlin was re-elected in the 1983 Northwest Territories general election.In his second term he was appointed to the cabinet and became Minister of Health and Social Services. He was re-elected to his third and final term in the 1987 Northwest Territories general election. His electoral district was abolished in 1991 after the Pine Point mine shutdown operations and the town was dismantled.

McLaughlin ran as the candidate in the electoral district of Western Arctic for the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in the 2000 Canadian federal election.

McLaughlin previously served as the Territories representative on the Conservative Party of Canada national council.

References

  1. https://books.google.com/books?id=g_sLAQAAMAAJ&q=%22****Brace,+M+LA.+%D0%92+Sc+;+business-+politician,+b.+Edmonton,+Alta.+15+Ian+1946;+s.+Roy+and+Dorothy+(Bumess)+M+;+e.+Ross+Sheppard+Comp.+H+S%22 Canadian who's who, 1990 - Kieran Simpson - Google Books

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