Greg MacIsaac | |
Birth Date: | 17 August 1945 |
Birth Place: | Glace Bay, Nova Scotia |
Death Place: | Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia |
Office: | MLA for Richmond |
Term Start: | October 6, 1981 |
Term End: | February 24, 1988 |
Predecessor: | John E. LeBrun |
Successor: | Richie Mann |
Party: | Progressive Conservative |
Gregory MacIsaac (August 17, 1945 - May 26, 2021)[1] is a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Richmond in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1981 to 1988. He was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia.[2]
Born in 1945, at Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, MacIsaac was educated at the Nova Scotia Institute of Technology, St. Francis Xavier University, and Dalhousie University.[3] MacIsaac entered provincial politics in the 1981 election, defeating Liberal incumbent John E. LeBrun by 352 votes in the Richmond riding.[4] He was re-elected in the 1984 election, defeating Liberal Richie Mann by 472 votes.[5] On February 5, 1988, MacIsaac was found guilty of nine counts of fraud, forgery and using forged receipts to justify more than $10,000 in claims on his MLA expense accounts, and was kicked out of the Progressive Conservative caucus.[6] [7] [8] On February 17, 1988, MacIssac announced he was resigning as MLA effective February 24.[9] On March 30, 1988, MacIsaac was sentenced to one year in jail.[10] [11]