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Place of Birth: Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada
About John MacEachern
- John Duncan MacEachern (born November 8, 1946) is a former educator and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada.
- He represented Cape Breton East in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1988 to 1998 as a Liberal member.He was born in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia in 1946 and was educated at St.
- Francis Xavier University and Dalhousie University.
- MacEachern was a math and physics teacher and high school vice-principal. MacEachern entered provincial politics in the 1988 election, defeating Progressive Conservative Bruce Clark by 1,725 votes in the Cape Breton East riding.
- He was re-elected in the 1993 election by almost 6,000 votes.
- On June 11, 1993, MacEachern was appointed to the Executive Council of Nova Scotia as Minister of Education and Culture.
- In 1996, he was shuffled to Minister of Community Services.
- When Russell MacLellan won the leadership of the Liberal party and became Premier, MacEachern announced he was leaving politics and returning to teaching.
- He finished his term as MLA for Cape Breton east and finished his teaching career at Glace Bay High School.
- He is presently a resident of Malagawatch, Inverness County, Cape Breton. web|url=http://www.herald.ns.ca/specialevents/libleader/stories/970719100.html%7Ctitle=MacLellan makeover|work=The Chronicle Herald|date=July 19, 1997|accessdate=2014-11-19|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19980204071951/http://www.herald.ns.ca/specialevents/libleader/stories/970719100.html%7Carchivedate=February 4, 1998}} and did not seek re-election in 1998.
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