Premier from: Sept 5, 1933- July 10, 1940;Sept 8, 1945- April 13, 1954

Age on becoming premier-43

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Barrister, lecturer, professor

Born Aug 10, 1890 Dunvegan, Cape Breton - Died April 13, 1954

Minister of National Defence for Naval Service during WW II. Sworn in on July 12, 1940

The Angus L. Macdonald Bridge spanning Halifax harbour. Photo by Peter Bennett

On his death- A state funeral from St. Mary's Basilica in Halifax was followed by a funeral procession through city streets while an estimated 100,000 people looked on. Prior to that, as his body lay in state at Province House, some 85,000 mourners walked past the casket to pay their final respects.  On Easter Monday, servicemen pulled the gun carriage up George Street, along Barrington and up Spring Garden Road to the Basilica. After the Requiem Mass at St. Mary's, the late premier was interred in Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Lower Sackville. - B&W photo: Public Archives of Nova Scotia; Headstone photo: Peter Bennett, 2004.