Glen M. Bagnell | |
Birth Date: | 15 February 1936 |
Birth Place: | Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada |
Office1: | MLA for Dartmouth North |
Term Start1: | 1970 |
Term End1: | 1978 |
Predecessor1: | Gerald G. Wambolt |
Successor1: | Laird Stirling |
Residence: | Dartmouth, Nova Scotia |
Party: | Nova Scotia Liberal Party |
Occupation: | Pharmacist |
Glen Merlyn Bagnell (born February 15, 1936) is a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Dartmouth North in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1970 to 1978. He is a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.[1]
Bagnell was born in Truro, Nova Scotia. He attended Acadia University and Dalhousie University and was a pharmacist. He married Shirley Joan Smith in 1957.[2]
Bagnell first attempted to enter provincial politics in a November 1968 by-election in Dartmouth North, but was defeated by Progressive Conservative Gerald Wambolt by 76 votes.[1] [3] He ran again in the 1970 election, and defeated Wambolt by almost 1,800 votes.[4] Bagnell was re-elected in the 1974 election.[5] Bagnell served in the Executive Council of Nova Scotia as Minister of Mines, Minister of Environment, Minister of Tourism, Minister of Consumer Affairs, and Minister of Municipal Affairs.[2] He was defeated by Progressive Conservative Laird Stirling when he ran for re-election in the 1978 election.[6]