Fraser Mooney
{{short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image =
| name = Fraser Mooney
| caption =
| birth_name = Joseph Fraser Mooney
| birth_date = February 24, 1927
| birth_place = Glace Bay, Nova Scotia
| death_date = {{death date and age|2006|01|05|1927|02|24}}
| death_place = Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
| office1 = MLA for Yarmouth County (1970-1981)
Yarmouth (1981-1984)
| predecessor1 = Benoit Robichaud
| successor1 = Alex McIntosh
| office2 = MLA for Yarmouth County
| party = Liberal
| religion =
| occupation = Pharmacist, businessman
}}
Joseph Fraser Mooney (February 24, 1927 – January 5, 2006) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Yarmouth in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1970 to 1984. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.{{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/yarmouth.pdf|title=Electoral History for Yarmouth|publisher=Nova Scotia Legislative Library|accessdate=2018-04-05}}
Early life and education
Born in 1927 at Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Mooney was a graduate of St. Francis Xavier University and Dalhousie University.{{cite book|last1=Elliott|first1=Shirley B.|title=The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758–1983 : a biographical directory|url=https://archive.org/details/legislativeassem0000unse/page/157|accessdate=2018-04-05|year=1984|publisher=Public Archives of Nova Scotia|isbn=0-88871-050-X|page=[https://archive.org/details/legislativeassem0000unse/page/157 157]}}
Career
A pharmacist by career, Mooney owned and operated City Drug Store in downtown Yarmouth, Nova Scotia for over 50 years.{{cite news|title=Fraser Mooney, former Nova Scotia cabinet minister, dies at 78|work=Canadian Press NewsWire|location=Toronto|date=January 5, 2006}}
Politics
Mooney served on Yarmouth town council from 1957 to 1965.{{cite news|title=Fraser Mooney dies at 78|work=The Chronicle Herald|date=January 7, 2006}} He attempted to enter provincial politics in the 1967 election, but was defeated.{{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|accessdate=2014-11-09}} He ran again in the 1970 election, and was elected with Progressive Conservative George Snow in the dual-member Yarmouth County riding.{{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=2014-11-09}} He was re-elected in the 1974{{cite web|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201974.pdf|title=Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1974|publisher=Elections Nova Scotia|year=1974|accessdate=2014-11-09}} and 1978 elections.{{cite web|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201978.pdf|title=Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1978|publisher=Elections Nova Scotia|year=1978|accessdate=2014-11-09}}
In November 1971, Mooney was appointed to the Executive Council of Nova Scotia as Minister of Municipal Affairs.{{cite news|title=Regan adds four ministers to N.S. Cabinet|work=The Globe and Mail|date=November 25, 1971}} In September 1972, he was given additional roles in cabinet as Minister of Tourism, and Minister responsible for the Liquor Control Act.{{cite news|title=Regan shakes up N.S. Cabinet, youth department to be formed|work=The Globe and Mail|date=September 8, 1972}} In an August 1973 cabinet shuffle, Mooney left the tourism ministry but kept the Municipal Affairs portfolio, as well as responsibility for the Liquor Control Act.{{cite news|title=Regan again shuffles Nova Scotia Cabinet|work=The Globe and Mail|date=August 21, 1973}}
In February 1976, Mooney was shuffled to Minister of Highways, where he remained until the Liberal government was defeated in 1978. In June 1980, Mooney ran for the leadership of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party, finishing third at the convention that elected Sandy Cameron the new leader.{{cite news|title="Stanfield type" wins N.S. Liberal leadership|work=The Globe and Mail|date=June 9, 1980}}{{cite web|url=http://www.revparl.ca/english/issue.asp?param=94&art=380|title=New Liberal Leader in Nova Scotia|work=Canadian Parliamentary Review|year=1980|volume=3|issue=3|accessdate=2014-11-09}}
Mooney was re-elected in the new single-member riding of Yarmouth in the 1981 election, defeating former Progressive Conservative MLA Benoit Robichaud by 479 votes.{{cite web |url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201981.pdf |title=Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1981 |publisher=Elections Nova Scotia |year=1981 |accessdate=2014-11-09 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140310212300/http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201981.pdf |archivedate=2014-03-10 }} In the 1984 election, Mooney was defeated by Progressive Conservative Alex McIntosh.{{cite web|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201984.pdf |title=Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1984 |publisher=Elections Nova Scotia |year=1984 |accessdate=2014-11-09 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005021932/http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201984.pdf |archivedate=2013-10-05 }}
Mooney tried to win back the Yarmouth seat in the 1988 election, but was defeated by Progressive Conservative Leroy Legere.{{cite web|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201988.pdf |title=Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1988 |publisher=Elections Nova Scotia |year=1988 |accessdate=2014-11-09 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512225642/http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201988.pdf |archivedate=2014-05-12 }} Mooney made another political comeback attempt in 1994, when he challenged incumbent Charles Crosby for the mayor's seat in Yarmouth.{{cite news|title=Mooney to re enter politics, seeks Yarmouth Mayor's job|work=The Chronicle Herald|date=September 12, 1994}}
On January 5, 2006, aged 78, Mooney died at his home in Yarmouth.
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Category:Nova Scotia Liberal Party MLAs
Category:Members of the Executive Council of Nova Scotia
Category:Dalhousie University alumni
Category:People from Glace Bay
Category:Politicians from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
Category:St. Francis Xavier University alumni
Category:Nova Scotia municipal councillors
Category:20th-century members of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly