Alexander MacIsaac

{{short description|Canadian politician}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

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| name = Alexander Angus MacIsaac

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| birth_date = July 18, 1907

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| death_date = {{death date and age|1968|10|29|1907|08|18}}

| death_place = Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada

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| office1 = MLA for Guysborough

| term_start1 = June 7, 1960

| term_end1 = October 29, 1968

| predecessor1 = Alexander W. Cameron

| successor1 = Angus MacIsaac

| party = Progressive Conservative

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Alexander Angus "Tando" MacIsaac (July 18, 1907 – October 29, 1968) was a Nova Scotia politician and Member of the Legislature for Guysborough.

MacIsaac was first elected in the June 7, 1960, general election with a 189-vote margin.{{cite web|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201960.pdf|title=Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1960|publisher=Elections Nova Scotia|year=1960|access-date=2014-09-19}} He was re-elected in the October 8, 1963, general election by 349 votes,{{cite web |title=Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1963 |url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201963.pdf|publisher=Elections Nova Scotia|year=1963|access-date=2014-09-19}} and again in the May 30, 1967, general election by 329 votes.{{cite web|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201967.pdf|title=Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1967|publisher=Elections Nova Scotia|year=1967|access-date=2014-09-19}}

MacIsaac died on October 29, 1968, as a result of a motor vehicle accident.{{cite news|title=MacIsaac dies in car crash|work=The Globe and Mail|date=October 30, 1968}}{{cite news |title= Atlantic Government & Public Policy Agenda – Vol. 2, No. 5|date=February 2008 }} In the subsequent by-election, his son Angus MacIsaac ran and was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.

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