Layton Fergusson

{{Short description|Canadian politician (1908–1994)}}

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| name = N. Layton Fergusson

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1908|9|5|mf=yes}}

| birth_place = Port Morien, Nova Scotia

| death_date = {{death date and age|1994|2|27|1908|9|5|mf=yes}}

| death_place = Windsor, Nova Scotia

| office1 = MLA for Cape Breton East

| term_start1 = 1956

| term_end1 = 1970

| predecessor1 = Russell Cunningham

| successor1 = Jeremy Akerman

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| residence= Glace Bay, Nova Scotia

| party = Progressive Conservative

| occupation = Lawyer

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Neil Layton Fergusson (September 5, 1908 – February 27, 1994) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Cape Breton East in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1956 to 1970. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative Party.{{cite web |title=Electoral History for Glace Bay |url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/glace%20bay.pdf|publisher=Nova Scotia Legislative Library|accessdate=April 6, 2018}}

Fergusson was born in Port Morien, Nova Scotia. He attended Dalhousie University and McGill University and was a lawyer. He married Grace Avery in 1945.{{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/69|accessdate=April 6, 2018 |year=1984|publisher=Public Archives of Nova Scotia|isbn=0-88871-050-X|page=[https://archive.org/details/legislativeassem0000unse/page/69 69]}} He served in the Executive Council of Nova Scotia as Minister without portfolio, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Minister of Labour.{{cite news|title=New portfolio established in N.S. Cabinet shuffle|work=The Globe and Mail|date=May 2, 1962}} He died in 1994.N. Layton Fergusson, Cape Breton Post, February 28, 1994