Duncan MacMillan (Nova Scotia politician) explained

Duncan MacMillan
Birth Date:17 July 1897
Birth Place:East Lake Ainslie, Nova Scotia
Death Place:Halifax, Nova Scotia
Residence:Sheet Harbour, Nova Scotia
Office1:MLA for Halifax Eastern Shore
Term Start1:1967
Term End1:April 10, 1969
Predecessor1:new riding
Successor1:Alexander Garnet Brown
Office2:MLA for Halifax East
Term Start2:1956
Term End2:1963
Predecessor2:Geoffrey W. Stevens
Successor2:Nelson Gaetz
Party:Liberal
Occupation:physician, surgeon

Duncan MacMillan (July 17, 1897 – April 10, 1969) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Halifax East in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1956 to 1963, and Halifax Eastern Shore from 1967 to 1969. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.[1]

Life and career

Born in 1897 at East Lake Ainslie, Inverness County, Nova Scotia to Hugh and Margaret (MacKinnon) MacMillan, MacMillan was a physician and surgeon.[2] He graduated from Dalhousie University in 1928.[2] He married Lillian Elspeth Campbell in 1941.[2] From 1949 to 1952, MacMillan was a municipal councillor in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and also served as the medical health officer for Halifax County.[2]

Political career

MacMillan entered provincial politics in the 1956 election, winning the Halifax East riding.[3] He was re-elected in the 1960 election.[4] In the 1963 election, MacMillan was defeated by Progressive Conservative Nelson Gaetz.[5] MacMillan ran again in the 1967 election, and defeated Gaetz by 519 votes in the new Halifax Eastern Shore riding.[6]

Death

MacMillan died in office on April 10, 1969.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Electoral History for Eastern Shore. Nova Scotia Legislative Library. 2015-04-27. 2017-08-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20170823041721/http://nslegislature.ca/pdfs/about/ConstituencyHistories/eastern. dead.
  2. Book: Elliott. Shirley B.. The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758–1983 : a biographical directory. 2018-04-24. 1984. Public Archives of Nova Scotia. 0-88871-050-X. 147.
  3. Web site: Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1956. Elections Nova Scotia. 1956. 37. 2015-04-27.
  4. Web site: Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1960. Elections Nova Scotia. 1960. 37. 2015-04-27.
  5. Web site: Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1963. Elections Nova Scotia. 1963. 37. 2015-04-27.
  6. Web site: Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1967. Elections Nova Scotia. 1967. 47. 2015-04-27.