Alexander Stirling MacMillan

Alexander S. MacMillan (October 31, 1871 – August 7, 1955) was a Nova Scotia politician and businessman, the provinces 13th Premier.

MacMillan was born in Upper South River, 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 province's 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. http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=8794. Retrieved 2009-08-29.

Preceded by Angus Lewis Macdonald	Premier of Nova Scotia 1940–1945	Succeeded by Angus Lewis Macdonald

Premiers of Nova Scotia

Colonial	Uniacke • Young • Johnston • Young • Howe • Johnston • Tupper

Provincial	Blanchard • Annand • Hill • Holmes • Thompson • Pipes • Fielding • Murray • Armstrong • Rhodes • Harrington • A. Macdonald • MacMillan • A. Macdonald • Connolly • Hicks • Stanfield • Smith • Regan • Buchanan • Bacon • Cameron • Savage • MacLellan • Hamm • R. MacDonald • Dexter

Book:Premiers of Nova Scotia • Category:Premiers of Nova Scotia • Portal:Nova Scotia

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Name	Macmillan, Alexander
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Short description	Canadian politician
Date of birth	October 31, 1871
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Date of death	August 7, 1955
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