Milne Charles "Mel" Pickings (August 19, 1926 – February 1, 2019) was a Canadian politician. He represented the

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Lunenburg West Lunenburg West is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It was created in 1956 from the riding of Lunenburg County. The riding includes the town of Bridgewater, LaH ...

in the

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from 1978 to 1988. He was a member of the

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. Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1926 Pickings entered provincial politics in the 1978 election, defeating Liberal incumbent Maurice DeLory by 1116 votes in the Lunenburg West riding. He was re-elected in the 1981 election. On November 9, 1983, Pickings was appointed to the

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as Minister responsible for the Emergency Measures Organization, and Minister responsible for the Purchasing Act. He was re-elected in the 1984 election. In November 1985, Pickings was named Minister of Housing. On July 21, 1988, Pickings resigned from cabinet and announced he was not running in the next election. Pickings died on February 1, 2019.

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1926 births 2019 deaths Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia MLAs Members of the Executive Council of Nova Scotia People from Bridgewater, Nova Scotia Politicians from Halifax, Nova Scotia 20th-century members of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly {{ProgressiveConservative-NovaScotia-MLA-stub