Geoff MacLellan
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Geoff MacLellan | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly for Glace Bay | |
| In office June 22, 2010 – July 17, 2021 | |
| Preceded by | David Wilson |
| Succeeded by | riding redistributed |
| Personal details | |
| Born | |
| Party | Liberal |
| Occupation | politician |
Geoffrey Curtis MacLellan is a Canadian politician in the province of Nova Scotia.
He was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in a by-election on June 22, 2010,[2] and represented the electoral district of Glace Bay as a Liberal until his retirement from politics in 2021.
MacLellan was re-elected in the 2013 election.[3] On October 22, 2013, MacLellan was appointed to the Executive Council of Nova Scotia where he served as Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal as well as Minister responsible for the Sydney Tar Ponds Agency and Minister responsible for the Sydney Steel Corporation Act.[4] He was re-elected in the 2017 election.[5]
On June 15, 2017, Premier Stephen McNeil shuffled his cabinet, moving MacLellan to Minister of Business, Minister of Energy, Minister of Trade, and Minister of Service Nova Scotia.[6][7] On July 5, 2018, MacLellan lost his position as Minister of Energy in a cabinet shuffle, but retained the other portfolios he had prior to the shuffle.[8]
On February 4, 2021, MacLellan announced that he would not seek re-election.[9]
