Angus MacIsaac

{{Short description|Canadian politician, educator, and businessman}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix= The Honourable

|honorific-suffix = ECNS

| image = |

| name = Angus MacIsaac

| caption =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1943|6|4}}

| birth_place = London, United Kingdom

| residence =

| assembly = Nova Scotia House of

| constituency_AM = Antigonish

| term_start = July 27, 1999

| term_end = September 4, 2009

| predecessor = Hyland Fraser

| successor = Maurice Smith

| assembly1 = Nova Scotia House of

| constituency_AM1 = Guysborough

| term_start1 = February 11, 1969

| term_end1 = September 17, 1972

| predecessor1 = Alexander MacIsaac

| successor1 = Sandy Cameron

| party = Progressive Conservative

| religion =

| occupation =}}

Angus "Tando" MacIsaac (born June 4, 1943) is a politician, educator and businessman in Nova Scotia, Canada.

Political career

Angus MacIsaac's father, Alexander MacIsaac, was MLA of Guysborough prior to October 1968. Upon Alexander MacIsaac's death, a by-election was called. Angus MacIsaac, then 25 years old, ran, and was first elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly on February 11, 1969. MacIsaac ran as a Progressive Conservative and obtained a 371-vote margin of victory.{{cite web|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/By%20Election%201969.pdf|title=Returns of By-Elections for the House of Assembly 1969|publisher=Elections Nova Scotia|year=1969|accessdate=2014-09-19}}

MacIsaac was re-elected with a 265-vote margin on October 13, 1970, in a general election.{{cite web|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201970.pdf |title=Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1970 |publisher=Elections Nova Scotia |year=1970 |accessdate=2014-09-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141102061609/http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201970.pdf |archive-date=2014-11-02 }}

On September 17, 1972,{{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/members/profiles/angus-macisaac/history|title=Historical MLA bio|publisher=Nova Scotia Legislature|accessdate=2018-05-10}} MacIsaac resigned his seat to run federally for the Progressive Conservatives in Cape Breton Highlands—Canso. He made two unsuccessful attempts to win the seat in the 1972 and 1974 federal elections.{{cite news |title=CAPE BRETON HIGHLANDS—CANSO, Nova Scotia (1966 - 1996)|url=http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=108|publisher=Elections Canada|accessdate=2009-09-05}}

MacIsaac made a successful return to political office in the 1999 provincial election, running in the electoral district of Antigonish. He won the seat with just 12 votes more than the Liberal incumbent.{{cite web|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/99ANTI.pdf|title=Election Returns, 1999 (Antigonish)|publisher=Elections Nova Scotia|accessdate=2014-09-19}}

In the 2003 provincial election MacIsaac was re-elected, increasing his margin to 606 votes.{{cite web|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/03dist02.pdf|title=Election Returns, 2003 (Antigonish)|publisher=Elections Nova Scotia|accessdate=2014-09-19}}

He was one of the strongest supporters of Rodney MacDonald in the 2006 Nova Scotia PC leadership election.{{Citation needed|date=September 2009}}

MacIsaac received his largest margin of victory in the 2006 general election, achieving 1676 more votes than his nearest challenger.{{cite web|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/dist02_0.pdf|title=Election Returns, 2006 (Antigonish)|publisher=Elections Nova Scotia|accessdate=2014-09-19}}

MacIsaac was re-elected in the 2009 election with a 275-vote margin over the NDP candidate.{{cite web|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/dist02.pdf|title=Election Returns, 2009 (Antigonish)|publisher=Elections Nova Scotia|accessdate=2014-09-19}}

On September 4, 2009, MacIsaac resigned his seat, citing family reasons.{{cite news |title=MLA MacIsaac resigns seat |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/mla-macisaac-resigns-seat-1.811339|publisher=CBC|date=2009-09-04 |accessdate=2014-04-08}}{{cite news |first=Corey|last=LeBlanc|title=Angus MacIsaac steps down|publisher=The Casket|date=September 4, 2009}}

During his career in provincial politics, MacIsaac served as Minister of Health, Minister of Education, and Minister of Housing under John Hamm, and during his tenure in Rodney MacDonald's government, served as Deputy Premier, Minister of Transportation and Public Works, Minister of Economic Development, and was the Minister of the then newly formed Department of Gaelic Affairs.

Teaching career

MacIsaac is a graduate of Nova Scotia Teachers College and St. Francis Xavier University where he received a Bachelor of Arts.

When not holding political office, MacIsaac taught at Junior High School and Senior High School levels in Calgary, Canso, Antigonish, and Guysborough.

Family

MacIsaac is married to Mary Ann (née Milner). They have two children.

References

Category:1943 births

Category:Living people

Category:Canadian schoolteachers

Category:Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia MLAs

Category:Politicians from London

Category:People from Guysborough County, Nova Scotia

Category:Deputy premiers of Nova Scotia

Category:Members of the Executive Council of Nova Scotia

Category:Ministers of health of Nova Scotia

Category:21st-century members of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly

Category:Progressive Conservative Party of Canada candidates for the Canadian House of Commons

Category:Candidates in the 1972 Canadian federal election

Category:Candidates in the 1974 Canadian federal election

Category:Nova Scotia candidates for Member of Parliament

Category:20th-century members of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly