Alexander Stirling MacMillan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian politician
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Place of Birth: Upper South River, Nova Scotia, Canada
About Alexander Stirling MacMillan
- Alexander S.
- MacMillan (October 31, 1871 – August 7, 1955) was a Nova Scotia politician and businessman, the province's 13th premier. MacMillan was born in Upper South River in 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 Nova Scotia 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.
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