Roger Stuart Bacon

Roger Stuart Bacon (June 29, 1926 – October 4, 2021) was a Canadian politician who served as the 21st premier of Nova Scotia from 1990 to 1991.

For the Franciscan friar, see Roger Bacon.

Roger Stuart Bacon
21st Premier of Nova Scotia
In office
September 12, 1990 – February 26, 1991
MonarchElizabeth II
Lieutenant GovernorLloyd Crouse
Preceded byJohn Buchanan
Succeeded byDonald W. Cameron
MLA for Cumberland East
In office
October 13, 1970 – May 25, 1993
Preceded byJames A. Langille
Succeeded byriding dissolved
Personal details
Born(1926-06-29)June 29, 1926
Upper Nappan, Nova Scotia, Canada
DiedOctober 4, 2021(2021-10-04) (aged 95)
Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada
Political partyProgressive Conservative
SpouseClara Hawthorne (d. 2013)

Political career

He was first elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in 1970 as a Progressive Conservative. When his party won the 1978 election, Bacon was Minister of Tourism before becoming Minister of Agriculture in the cabinet of Premier John Buchanan from 1979 to 1988.[1]

Bacon then became Deputy Premier and Minister of Housing until 1990, when he succeeded Buchanan (who had been appointed to the Canadian Senate) to become interim leader of the party and premier of the province for six months until the party chose Donald W. Cameron as its new leader. He did not run for re-election in 1993.

Personal life

Born in Upper Nappan, Nova Scotia in June 1926, Bacon was a dairy farmer and pioneer of the blueberry industry. Bacon died on October 4, 2021, at the age of 95.[1][2]

References
  1. "Roger Stuart Bacon". Truro Daily News. March 17, 2017. Retrieved August 30, 2018 – via PressReader.
  2. Former Nova Scotia premier Roger Bacon remembered as agricultural pioneer
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