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Tom McKeough

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Role
  
Politician

Succeeded by
  
Len J. Arsenault

Died
  
January 2, 1990

Spouse(s)
  
Marie-Paule Mantha

Resigned
  
1978

Name
  
Tom McKeough


Political party
  
Progressive Conservative

Party
  
Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

Preceded by
  
John Michael Macdonald

Thomas James McKeough (October 12, 1922 – January 2, 1990) was a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Cape Breton North in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1960 to 1978. He was a member of the Progressive Conservatives. McKeough served in the Executive Council of Nova Scotia as Minister of Municipal Affairs, Minister of Labour, Minister of Trade and Industry, and Minister of Finance. He played a major role in reshaping EMS in Nova Scotia. Following his retirement from politics, McKeough chaired a Provincial Task Force on Occupation Health and Safety in the workplace.

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