Billy Joe MacLean

Billy Joe MacLean
MLA for Inverness South
In office
1981–1988
Preceded bynew riding
Succeeded byDanny Graham
Mayor of Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia
In office
1994 – November 2, 2016
Preceded byAlmon Chisholm
Succeeded byBrenda Chisholm-Beaton
In office
1974–1981
Personal details
Born (1936-11-24) November 24, 1936 (age 87)
Antigonish, Nova Scotia
Political partyProgressive Conservative (1981–86)
Independent (1987–88)
Residence(s)Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia
Occupationbusinessman

William Joseph (Billy Joe) MacLean (born November 24, 1936) is a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Inverness South in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1981 to 1988. He represented the Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative Party until he was expelled as an MLA on October 30, 1986, and was elected as an independent on February 24, 1987.[1]

MacLean was born in Antigonish, Nova Scotia in 1936.[2] One of his brothers, Norman J. MacLean, also served in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly for Inverness County from 1963 to 1973. He attended St. Francis Xavier University and is a businessman. From 1968 to 1973, (having been on town council since 1962) he served as deputy mayor of Port Hawkesbury, and from 1973 to 1981 as mayor. He is married to Glenda Auld.[3] In 1994, MacLean was elected once again to serve as mayor of Port Hawkesbury and has been reelected since.[4][5] In November 2015, MacLean announced that he will not seek re-election in 2016.[6][7] MacLean was the center of controversy when a bar run by him had its liquor licence and video lottery terminal certificate suspended for a brief period after violating exotic dancing laws.[8]

  1. ^ "Electoral History for Inverness" (PDF). Nova Scotia Legislative Library. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
  2. ^ "Guide Parlementaire Canadien". 1988.
  3. ^ Elliott, Shirley B. (1984). The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758–1983 : a biographical directory. Public Archives of Nova Scotia. p. 143. ISBN 0-88871-050-X. Retrieved 2014-11-09.
  4. ^ "Voters give old job back to controversial Billy Joe". The Chronicle Herald. October 17, 1994.
  5. ^ "MacLean edges through in Port Hawkesbury". The Chronicle Herald. October 20, 2012. Archived from the original on October 25, 2012. Retrieved 2024-05-23.
  6. ^ "Billy Joe MacLean announces exit from political life". Cape Breton Post. November 17, 2015. Archived from the original on November 18, 2015. Retrieved 2015-11-17.
  7. ^ "Billy Joe MacLean leaving mayor's job in Port Hawkesbury after 22 years". CBC News. November 17, 2015. Retrieved 2015-11-17.
  8. ^ "Port Hawkesbury mayor's bar runs afoul of exotic dancer rules". Chronicle Herald. August 22, 2014. Archived from the original on August 25, 2014. Retrieved 2023-12-27.