Joseph Clifford (Cliff) McIsaac, (August 30, 1930 – July 25, 2006) was a politician, public servant and veterinarian. Born and raised in

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, McIsaac graduated from the Truro Agricultural College in 1950 and the Ontario Veterinary College in 1955. Later, he moved then to

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to establish his practice.McISAAC, Dr. Joseph Clifford (Obituary), ''Guelph Mercury'', July 27, 2006 McIsaac entered politics in the province and was elected to the

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in the 1964 provincial election as the

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MLA for

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. He was appointed by

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as Minister of Municipal Affairs from 1965 until 1971 and then as Minister of Education in the provincial cabinet from 1967 until the government's defeat in the 1971 provincial election.Saskatchewan Ministers
, Archives of Saskatchewan, accessed March 16, 2008 He was elected to the

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in the 1974 federal election for the riding of

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. During the

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, he sat in the federal Liberal caucus, led by

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, serving as a parliamentary secretary and then

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. His riding was abolished, replaced by

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, and he was defeated in the

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and 1980 federal elections. After leaving politics, McIsaac served as a commissioner of the

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and chair of the National Farm Products Marketing Council.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:McIsaac, Cliff 1930 births 2006 deaths Members of the Executive Council of Saskatchewan Liberal Party of Canada MPs Saskatchewan Liberal Party MLAs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Saskatchewan Canadian veterinarians 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan 20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada