| Mike Laffin | |
| Birth Name: | Michael Alexander Laffin |
| Birth Date: | 12 January 1918 |
| Birth Place: | New Waterford, Nova Scotia |
| Death Place: | Cape Breton Regional Hospital, Sydney, Nova Scotia |
| Office: | MLA for Cape Breton Centre |
| Term Start: | 1963 |
| Term End: | 1974 |
| Predecessor: | Michael James MacDonald |
| Successor: | James "Buddy" MacEachern |
| Term Start2: | 1981 |
| Term End2: | 1988 |
| Predecessor2: | James "Buddy" MacEachern |
| Successor2: | Wayne Connors |
| Party: | Progressive Conservative |
| Occupation: | Dentist |
Michael Alexander Laffin (January 12, 1918 – May 23, 2019) was a Canadian politician and dentist. He represented the electoral district of Cape Breton Centre in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1963 to 1974, and 1981 to 1988. He was a Progressive Conservative.[1]
Laffin was first elected in the 1963 provincial election,[2] defeating New Democrat House leader Michael James MacDonald.[3] He was re-elected in the 1967[4] and 1970 elections.[5] Laffin was defeated when he ran for re-election in 1974,[6] losing his seat to New Democrat James "Buddy" MacEachern.[7]
In the 1981 election, Laffin returned to politics and defeated MacEachern to regain the seat.[8] [9] Following the election, he was appointed to the Executive Council of Nova Scotia as Minister of Housing.[10] [11] Laffin was re-elected in 1984,[12] and retained his cabinet seat until a cabinet shuffle in November 1985, when he was appointed Minister of Government Services.[13]
On July 24, 1988, Laffin resigned from cabinet and announced that he would not seek re-election in the 1988 election.[14] [15] In August 2012, Laffin was interviewed about his experience as a prisoner of war during World War II.[16]
Born in 1918 in New Waterford, Nova Scotia, Laffin was educated at St. Francis Xavier University and McGill University, and was a dentist by career.[17] [18] Laffin died in May 2019 at the age of 101.[19]