Jack MacIsaac

{{Short description|Canadian politician}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{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 | 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

==Early life== MacIsaac was born in 1939 at Inverness, Nova Scotia.<ref name="bio directory">{{cite book|last1=Elliott|first1=Shirley B.|author-link1=Shirley Elliott|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]}}</ref> He was an insurance agent in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia,<ref>{{cite news|title=N.S. Tory credits footsoldiers for his victory|work=The Globe and Mail|date=September 8, 1977}}</ref>

==Political career== MacIsaac entered provincial politics in 1977, winning a by-election for the Pictou Centre riding.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Tories keep Pictou seat in N.S. vote|work=The Globe and Mail|date=September 7, 1977}}</ref> MacIsaac was re-elected in the 1978 election,<ref>{{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|archive-date=2017-01-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170110173414/http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General|url-status=dead}}</ref> that resulted in a majority government for the Progressive Conservatives led by John Buchanan.<ref>{{cite news|title=Conservatives sweep Liberals in Nova Scotia|work=The Globe and Mail|date=September 20, 1978}}</ref> He was re-elected in the 1981,<ref>{{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 }}</ref> 1984,<ref>{{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 }}</ref> and 1988 general elections.<ref>{{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 }}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite news|title=Buchanan's Tory cabinet takes over in Nova Scotia|work=The Globe and Mail|date=October 6, 1978}}</ref> He later served in cabinet as Minister of Municipal Affairs,<ref>{{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}}</ref> Minister of Labour,<ref>{{cite news|title=Nine N.S. ministers change titles|work=The Globe and Mail|date=December 12, 1981}}</ref> Minister of Transportation,<ref>{{cite news|title=Five added, seven shift jobs in Nova Scotia inner circle|work=The Globe and Mail|date=November 5, 1983}}</ref> Minister of Tourism,<ref>{{cite news|title=Minister quits on eve of cabinet swearing-in|work=The Globe and Mail|date=November 27, 1985}}</ref> Minister of Lands and Forests,<ref>{{cite news|title=Buchanan shuffles his cabinet|work=The Globe and Mail|date=November 25, 1987}}</ref> and Minister of Mines and Energy.<ref>{{cite news|title=Controversial minister returns as Buchanan shuffles cabinet|work=The Globe and Mail|date=December 24, 1988}}</ref>

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

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{{DEFAULTSORT:MacIsaac, Jack}} 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