Jack MacIsaac

{{Infobox officeholder

| image =

| honorific-prefix = The Honourable

|honorific-suffix= ECNS

| name = Jack MacIsaac

| caption =

| birth_name = John A. MacIsaac

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1939|06|23}}

| birth_place = Inverness, Nova Scotia

| residence = New Glasgow, Nova Scotia

| office = MLA for Pictou Centre

| term_start = 1977

| term_end = 1993

| predecessor = Fraser MacLean

| successor = John Hamm

| party = Progressive Conservative

| occupation = Insurance agent

}}

John A. "Jack" MacIsaac (born June 23, 1939) is a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Pictou Centre in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1977 to 1993. He was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia.{{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/pictou%20centre.pdf|title=Electoral History for Pictou Centre|publisher=Nova Scotia Legislative Library|accessdate=2018-04-03}}

Early life

MacIsaac was born in 1939 at Inverness, Nova Scotia.{{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/135|accessdate=2018-04-03|year=1984|publisher=Public Archives of Nova Scotia|isbn=0-88871-050-X|page=[https://archive.org/details/legislativeassem0000unse/page/135 135]}} He was an insurance agent in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia,{{cite news|title=N.S. Tory credits footsoldiers for his victory|work=The Globe and Mail|date=September 8, 1977}}

Political career

MacIsaac entered provincial politics in 1977, winning a by-election for the Pictou Centre riding.{{cite web|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/By%20Election%201977.pdf|title=Return of By-election for the House of Assembly 1977|publisher=Elections Nova Scotia|year=1977|accessdate=2014-11-01}}{{cite news|title=Tories keep Pictou seat in N.S. vote|work=The Globe and Mail|date=September 7, 1977}} MacIsaac was re-elected in the 1978 election,{{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=2014-11-01}} that resulted in a majority government for the Progressive Conservatives led by John Buchanan.{{cite news|title=Conservatives sweep Liberals in Nova Scotia|work=The Globe and Mail|date=September 20, 1978}} He was re-elected in the 1981,{{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=2014-11-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140310212300/http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201981.pdf |archivedate=2014-03-10 }} 1984,{{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=2014-11-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005021932/http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201984.pdf |archivedate=2013-10-05 }} and 1988 general elections.{{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=2014-11-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512225642/http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201988.pdf |archivedate=2014-05-12 }}

When Buchanan was sworn in as premier on October 5, 1978, he appointed MacIsaac to the Executive Council of Nova Scotia as Minister of Social Services.{{cite news|title=Buchanan's Tory cabinet takes over in Nova Scotia|work=The Globe and Mail|date=October 6, 1978}} He later served in cabinet as Minister of Municipal Affairs,{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1946&dat=19811211&id=disiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KaUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=909,399916|title=9 Nova Scotia ministers moved to new portfolios|work=The Montreal Gazette|date=December 11, 1981|accessdate=2014-11-01}} Minister of Labour,{{cite news|title=Nine N.S. ministers change titles|work=The Globe and Mail|date=December 12, 1981}} Minister of Transportation,{{cite news|title=Five added, seven shift jobs in Nova Scotia inner circle|work=The Globe and Mail|date=November 5, 1983}} Minister of Tourism,{{cite news|title=Minister quits on eve of cabinet swearing-in|work=The Globe and Mail|date=November 27, 1985}} Minister of Lands and Forests,{{cite news|title=Buchanan shuffles his cabinet|work=The Globe and Mail|date=November 25, 1987}} and Minister of Mines and Energy.{{cite news|title=Controversial minister returns as Buchanan shuffles cabinet|work=The Globe and Mail|date=December 24, 1988}}

MacIsaac quit the cabinet in February 1991,{{cite news|title=Veteran MacIsaac to quit Tory cabinet|work=The Chronicle Herald|date=February 13, 1991}} and did not seek re-election in the 1993 election.{{cite news|title=Hamm retains seat for PCs|work=The Chronicle Herald|date=May 27, 1993}}

References

Category:Living people

Category:Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia MLAs

Category:Members of the Executive Council of Nova Scotia

Category:People from New Glasgow, Nova Scotia

Category:Politicians from Pictou County

Category:1939 births

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