Russell Gregoire MacLellan (born January 16, 1940) is a

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who served as the 24th premier of Nova Scotia from 1997 to 1999.

Federal politics

He was first elected to the

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in the 1979 federal election for the riding of Cape Breton—The Sydneys and sat as a Liberal MP until 1997.

Provincial politics

In 1997, he became leader of the

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and premier of the province after John Savage was forced to resign due to discontent within his party and sagging polls. MacLellan tried to revive the Liberal government's fortunes; he narrowly won a

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in the 1998 election, but his government was defeated in a confidence vote in 1999 and then defeated in the resulting 1999 election. On January 26, 2000, MacLellan announced he would step down as Liberal leader on June 30. He continued to sit as an MLA until resigning in October 2000.

After politics

Following his resignation, MacLellan returned to practising law, working for the Halifax-based law firm, Merrick Holm.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Maclellan, Russell 1940 births Canadian people of Scottish descent Liberal Party of Canada MPs Living people Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Nova Scotia Nova Scotia political party leaders Nova Scotia Liberal Party MLAs Politicians from Halifax, Nova Scotia Premiers of Nova Scotia University of King's College alumni 20th-century members of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly 20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada