Angus MacIsaac

Infobox_Politician


name = Angus MacIsaac
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birth_date = June 4, 1943
birth_place = London, United Kingdom
residence =
office1 = MLA for Guysborough
term_start1 = 1969
term_end1 = 1973
predecessor1 = Alex MacIsaac
successor1 = A. M. Cameron
office2 = MLA for Antigonish
term_start2 = 1999
term_end2 =
predecessor2 = Hyland Fraser
successor2 = incumbent
party = Progressive Conservative
religion =
occupation =

Angus “Tando” MacIsaac, MLA (born June 4, 1943 in London, United Kingdom,) is an educator and businessman and the current Deputy Premier, and Minister of Economic Development of Nova Scotia, Canada.

Background

MacIsaac is a graduate of Nova Scotia Teachers College and St. Francis Xavier University where he received a Bachelor of Arts. He is married to Mary Ann MacIsaac and they have two children.

Political career

MacIsaac was first elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in a 1969 byelection as a Progressive Conservative, representing the electoral district of Guysborough. He was re-elected in the 1970 general election. He resigned his provincial seat in 1972, to run federally for the Progressive Conservatives in Cape Breton Highlands—Canso, making two unsuccessful attenpts to win the seat in the 1972, and 1974 federal elections. He returned to politics in the 1999 provincial election, winning a very close race in the riding of Antigonish. He served as Minister of Health, Minister of Education and Minister of Housing in John Hamm’s government. He was re-elected with a larger margin of victory in the 2003 provincial election. He was one of the strongest supporters of Rodney MacDonald in the 2006 Nova Scotia PC leadership election. He was re-elected in the 2006 general election. Prior to his current duties, he served as Minister of Transportation and Public Works, was Chair of the Treasury and Policy Board and was the Minister responsible for the Sydney Steel Corporation Act. He also served as the first Minister of Gaelic Initiatives.

External links

* [http://www.gov.ns.ca/legislature/MEMBERS/cabinet/macisaac.html Angus MacIsaac]