Geoff MacLellan
{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
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| assembly = Nova Scotia House of
| constituency_AM = Glace Bay
| term_start = June 22, 2010
| term_end = July 17, 2021
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| successor = riding redistributed
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Geoffrey Curtis MacLellan is a Canadian politician in the province of Nova Scotia.
Political career
He was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in a by-election on June 22, 2010,{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/liberals-win-2-n-s-byelections-1.943743 |publisher=CBC News|title=Liberals win 2 N.S. byelections|date=June 22, 2010}} and represented the electoral district of Glace Bay as a Liberal until his retirement from politics in 2021.
MacLellan was re-elected in the 2013 election.{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/cape-breton-voters-buck-election-trend-of-change-1.1931252|title=Cape Breton voters buck election trend of change|publisher=CBC News|date=October 9, 2013|access-date=June 1, 2017}} On October 22, 2013, MacLellan was appointed to the Executive Council of Nova Scotia where he served as Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal as well as Minister responsible for the Sydney Tar Ponds Agency and Minister responsible for the Sydney Steel Corporation Act.{{cite news|title=Premier Stephen McNeil welcomes 16-member cabinet|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/premier-stephen-mcneil-welcomes-16-member-cabinet-1.2158475|access-date=October 22, 2013 |publisher=CBC News |date=October 22, 2013}} He was re-elected in the 2017 election.{{cite web |url=http://www.capebretonpost.com/news/local/glace-bay-riding-became-an-election-nail-biter-15033/|title=Glace Bay riding became an election nail-biter |work=Cape Breton Post|date=May 31, 2017|access-date=November 23, 2017}}
On June 15, 2017, Premier Stephen McNeil shuffled his cabinet, moving MacLellan to Minister of Business, Minister of Energy, Minister of Trade, and Minister of Service Nova Scotia.{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/cabinet-politics-liberal-government-stephen-mcneil-1.4161624|title=Stephen McNeil shuffles cabinet, but vows not to change course|publisher=CBC News|date=June 15, 2017|access-date=June 15, 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/1478027-n.s.-cabinet-unveiled-casey-now-deputy-premier-finance-minister|title=N.S. cabinet unveiled: Casey now deputy premier, finance minister|work=The Chronicle Herald|date=June 15, 2017|access-date=November 27, 2023|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170615183345/http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/1478027-n.s.-cabinet-unveiled-casey-now-deputy-premier-finance-minister|archivedate=June 15, 2017}} On July 5, 2018, MacLellan lost his position as Minister of Energy in a cabinet shuffle, but retained the other portfolios he had prior to the shuffle.{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/premier-stephen-mcneil-shuffles-cabinet-creates-new-department-1.4734637|title=Premier shuffles cabinet, puts emphasis on mining sector|publisher=CBC News|date=July 5, 2018|access-date=July 5, 2018}}
On February 4, 2021, MacLellan announced that he would not seek re-election.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/liberal-politics-provincial-maclellan-resignation-1.5900681|title=Geoff MacLellan latest Liberal MLA leaving N.S. politics|publisher=CBC News|date=February 4, 2021|access-date=April 30, 2022}}
Electoral record
{{2017 Nova Scotia general election/Glace Bay}}
{{Election box begin | title=2013 Nova Scotia general election}}
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{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|row}}
|Geoff MacLellan
|align="right"|5,547
|align="right"|80.36
|align="right"|
{{Canadian party colour|NS|NDP|row}}
|NDP
|Mary Beth MacDonald
|align="right"|1,001
|align="right"|14.50
|align="right"|
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NS|PC|row}}
|PC
|Thomas Bethell
|align="right"|355
|align="right"|5.14
|align="right"|
|-
|}
{{Election box begin | title=Byelection June 22, 2010}}
{{CANelec |NS |Liberal |Geoff MacLellan |3,901 |53.91}}
{{Canadian party colour|NS|NDP|row}}
|NDP
|Myrtle Campbell
|align="right"|2,281
|align="right"|31.52
|align="right"|
{{Canadian party colour|NS|PC|row}}
|PC
|Michelle Wheelhouse
|align="right"|759
|align="right"|10.48
|align="right"|
{{Canadian party colour|NS|Independent|row}}
|Independent
|Edna Lee
|align="right"|195
|align="right"|2.69
|align="right"|
{{CANelec|NS|Atlantica |Dan Wilson |56 |0.77}}
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References
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External links
- [https://nslegislature.ca/members/profiles/geoff-maclellan Members of the Nova Scotia Legislative Assembly]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110131095555/http://nsliberalcaucus.ca/team/view/24 Liberal caucus profile]
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Category:Nova Scotia Liberal Party MLAs
Category:Members of the Executive Council of Nova Scotia
Category:21st-century members of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
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