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. In 1996, he was shuffled to Minister of Community Services. He was dropped from the cabinet when Russell MacLellan was sworn-in as premier in July 1997, and did not seek re-election in 1998.

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