Maurice DeLory

{{Short description|Canadian politician}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| image = Maurice DeLory portrait 1973.jpg

|honorific-prefix=The Honourable

|honorific-suffix=ECNS

| name = Maurice DeLory

| caption = DeLory, {{circa|1973}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1927|10|5}}

| birth_place = Georgetown, Prince Edward Island

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2016|3|31|1927|10|5}}

| death_place = Bridgewater, Nova Scotia

| office1 = MLA for Lunenburg West

| term_start1 = 1970

| term_end1 = 1978

| predecessor1 = Harley J. Spence

| successor1 = Mel Pickings

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| party = Liberal

| occupation = Doctor

}}

Maurice E. "Mike" DeLory (October 5, 1927 – March 31, 2016)https://sweenysfuneralhome.com/tribute/details/1651/Maurice-DeLory/obituary.html was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Lunenburg West in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1970 to 1978. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.{{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/lunenburg%20west.pdf|title=Electoral History for Lunenburg West|publisher=Nova Scotia Legislative Library|accessdate=2018-04-23}}

DeLory was born in Georgetown, Prince Edward Island. He attended Prince of Wales College and Dalhousie University, earning B.Sc., M.D. and C.M. degrees. He was a surgeon. In 1955, he married Burdette MacInnis.{{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/50|accessdate=2018-04-23|year=1984|publisher=Public Archives of Nova Scotia|isbn=0-88871-050-X|page=[https://archive.org/details/legislativeassem0000unse/page/50 50]}} He served in the Executive Council of Nova Scotia as Provincial Secretary, Minister of Lands and Forests, and Minister of Tourism.

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