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Шаблон:Infobox officeholder James "Buddy" MacEachern (June 29, 1940 – June 15, 2018) was a Canadian politician from Nova Scotia. He represented the electoral district of Cape Breton Centre in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1974 to 1981. He was a member of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party.[1]

Life

MacEachern was born on June 29, 1940, at Sydney, Nova Scotia. He was a Catholic.[2]

In the 1974 provincial election, MacEachern defeated Progressive Conservative incumbent Mike Laffin to win the Cape Breton Centre riding.[3][4] He was re-elected in the 1978 election,[5] and in 1980 became the party's interim leader following the resignation of Jeremy Akerman.[6] He served for a month until a leadership convention elected Alexa McDonough as leader.[7] At the convention, MacEachern was also a candidate, finishing third.[7] In the 1981 election, MacEachern was defeated by the riding's former MLA, Mike Laffin.[8][9]

MacEachern died on June 15, 2018, in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.[10]

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