Howard Russell MacEwan | |
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Member of Parliament for Pictou |
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In office June 1957 – June 1968 |
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Member of Parliament for Central Nova |
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In office June 1968 – January 1971 |
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Personal details | |
Born | 8 May 1925 Westville, Nova Scotia |
Died | June 29, 2008 New Glasgow, Nova Scotia |
(aged 83)
Political party | Progressive Conservative |
Spouse(s) | Joan MacDonald (predeceased) |
Profession | barrister and solicitor |
Howard Russell MacEwan (8 May 1925 - 29 June 2008) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Westville, Nova Scotia and became a barrister and solicitor by career.
He was first elected at the Pictou riding in the 1957 general election, then re-elected there in the 1958, 1962, 1963 and 1965. With riding boundary changes, MacEwan won re-election at Central Nova riding in the 1968 federal election. He left federal politics in January 1971, during his term in the 28th Canadian Parliament, to become a Nova Scotia provincial judge at Amherst. From 1977 to 1991, he was based in New Glasgow.[1]
Russell MacEwan died at Aberdeen Hospital in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia on 29 June 2008.[1]