Jack Hawkins (politician), Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Canadian politician
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Place of Birth: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
About Jack Hawkins (politician)
- Walter John "Jack" Hawkins (born May 5, 1932) is an author and former politician in Nova Scotia, Canada.
- He represented Hants East in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1970 to 1978, from 1981 to 1984 and from 1988 to 1993 as a Liberal member. He was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia and educated at Saint Mary's University and the University of New Brunswick.
- He served in the Canadian Army from 1955 to 1960, reaching the rank of lieutenant.
- Hawkins was an English professor at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College and St.
- Mary's University.
- He served in the province's Executive Council as Minister of Agriculture from 1972 to 1978 and as Minister of the Environment from 1975 to 1976.
- Hawkins also served as chair of the Nova Scotia Treasury Board from 1975 to 1978 and Chair of the Liberal caucus from 1981 to 1983. He was the author of: Life and Times of Angus L.
- Macdonald (1969) Deer Hunting in Eastern Canada (1981) ISBN 0-88999-149-9 Recollections of the Regan Years: a Political Memoir (1990) ISBN 0-88999-453-6 Renfrew Gold: the Story of a Nova Scotia Ghost Town (1995) ISBN 0-88999-573-7 Maitland, The Ships, The Men, and Their Wealth (1996) The Founding of Halifax (1999) ISBN 0-9685689-0-4
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