Alexander S. MacMillan (October 31, 1870 – August 7, 1955) was a

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politician and businessman, the 13th

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, from 1940 to 1945. MacMillan was born in Upper South River in

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. 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

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, the

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from 1925 until 1928 when he won a seat in the

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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

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, 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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