Kennie MacAskill
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Kennie MacAskill | |
|---|---|
| MLA for Victoria | |
| In office 1988–2003 | |
| Preceded by | Fisher Hudson |
| Succeeded by | riding dissolved |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 12, 1933 |
| Party | Liberal |
Kenneth MacAskill (born August 12, 1933) is a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Victoria in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1988 to 2003. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.
Born in 1933,[2] MacAskill is a graduate of the Nova Scotia Institute of Technology where he obtained an interprovincial plumbing certificate.[3] For over 20 years, he operated his own plumbing and heating business in Englishtown, Nova Scotia.[3] MacAskill entered provincial politics in 1988, defeating Progressive Conservative incumbent Fisher Hudson to become the MLA for Victoria.[4] He was re-elected in 1993[5] and served as a backbencher in John Savage's government. On July 18, 1997, MacAskill was appointed to the Executive Council of Nova Scotia as Minister of Natural Resources.[6][7] Following his re-election in the 1998 election,[8] MacAskill retained the Natural Resources portfolio.[9] He was re-elected to a fourth term as MLA in the 1999 election,[10] and did not seek re-election in 2003.[11][12]
