Alexander Stirling MacMillan

Alexander S. MacMillan (October 31, 1870 – August 7, 1955) was a Nova Scotia politician and businessman, the 13th premier of Nova Scotia, from 1940 to 1945.

Alexander Stirling MacMillan
A.S. MacMillan (4th to the left)
13th Premier of Nova Scotia
In office
July 10, 1940  September 8, 1945
MonarchGeorge VI
Lieutenant GovernorFrederick F. Mathers
Henry Ernest Kendall
Preceded byAngus L. Macdonald
Succeeded byAngus L. Macdonald
Member of Legislative Council
In office
June 25, 1925  September 5, 1928
MLA for Digby County
In office
October 1, 1928  August 22, 1933
Serving with Joseph Willie Comeau
Preceded byWilliam Hudson Farnham
John Louis Philip Robicheau
Succeeded byJoseph Willie Comeau
MLA for Hants
In office
August 22, 1933  October 23, 1945
Preceded byAlbert E. Parsons
Edgar Nelson Rhodes
Succeeded byRobert A. MacLellan
Personal details
Born(1870-10-31)October 31, 1870
Upper South River, Nova Scotia
DiedAugust 7, 1955(1955-08-07) (aged 83)
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Political partyLiberal
Occupationbusinessman

MacMillan was born in Upper South River in Antigonish County. He made his fortune in lumbering and construction before being made chairman of the Nova Scotia Highways Board in 1920 and serving briefly as minister of highways in 1925. He was a member of Nova Scotia's appointed upper house, the Legislative Council from 1925 until 1928 when he won a seat in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly as a Liberal. He again became minister of highways in 1933. In 1940, when Premier Angus L. Macdonald went to Ottawa to serve in the wartime cabinet of William Lyon Mackenzie King, MacMillan became premier in his place. He retired as premier and from politics in 1945 to allow Macdonald to resume his provincial career. MacMillan died in Halifax at the age of 83.

References

  • Marble, Allan Everett (1977). Nova Scotians at home and abroad: biographical sketches of over six hundred native born Nova Scotians. p. 289. ISBN 0-88999-074-3. Retrieved August 29, 2009.


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