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Place of Birth: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
About George M. Mitchell
- George MacGregor Mitchell (born August 8, 1932) is a lawyer and former political figure in Nova Scotia.
- He represented Halifax Cornwallis in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1970 to 1978 as a Liberal. He was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the son of George M.
- Mitchell and Jane Graham, and was educated at Dalhousie University and McGill University.
- In 1956, he married Diane Marion Walker.Mitchell entered provincial politics in the 1970 election, defeating Progressive Conservative cabinet minister Richard Donahoe by over 1400 votes in Halifax Cornwallis.
- He was re-elected in the 1974 election, defeating Progressive Conservative George Cooper by over 1500 votes.
- In the 1978 election, Mitchell was defeated by Progressive Conservative Terry Donahoe.
- Mitchell served as speaker for the Nova Scotia assembly from 1970 to 1973, when he was appointed to the Executive Council of Nova Scotia as Minister of Development.
- He was named Minister of Education in 1976.
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