Merryl Lawton is a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of

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in the

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from 1984 to 1988. He was a member of the

Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia The Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia, more commonly known as the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia, is a political party in Nova Scotia, Canada. Like most conservative parties in Atlantic Canada, it has been histor ...

. Lawton entered provincial politics in the 1984 election, winning the Digby riding by almost 1,800 votes. He did not seek re-election in

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Living people Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia MLAs People from Digby County, Nova Scotia 1949 births 20th-century members of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly {{ProgressiveConservative-NovaScotia-MLA-stub