Fraser Mooney

Fraser Mooney
MLA for Yarmouth County (1970-1981)
Yarmouth (1981-1984)
Preceded byBenoit Robichaud
Succeeded byAlex McIntosh
MLA for Yarmouth County
Personal details
Born
Joseph Fraser Mooney

February 24, 1927
Glace Bay, Nova Scotia
DiedJanuary 5, 2006(2006-01-05) (aged 78)
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
Political partyLiberal
OccupationPharmacist, businessman

Joseph Fraser Mooney (February 24, 1927 – January 5, 2006) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Yarmouth in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1970 to 1984. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.[1]

Early life and education

Born in 1927 at Glace Bay, Nova Scotia,[2] Mooney was a graduate of St. Francis Xavier University and Dalhousie University.[2]

Career

A pharmacist by career, Mooney owned and operated City Drug Store in downtown Yarmouth, Nova Scotia for over 50 years.[3]

Politics

Mooney served on Yarmouth town council from 1957 to 1965.[4] He attempted to enter provincial politics in the 1967 election, but was defeated.[5] He ran again in the 1970 election, and was elected with Progressive Conservative George Snow in the dual-member Yarmouth County riding.[6] He was re-elected in the 1974[7] and 1978 elections.[8]

In November 1971, Mooney was appointed to the Executive Council of Nova Scotia as Minister of Municipal Affairs.[9] In September 1972, he was given additional roles in cabinet as Minister of Tourism, and Minister responsible for the Liquor Control Act.[10] In an August 1973 cabinet shuffle, Mooney left the tourism ministry but kept the Municipal Affairs portfolio, as well as responsibility for the Liquor Control Act.[11]

In February 1976, Mooney was shuffled to Minister of Highways, where he remained until the Liberal government was defeated in 1978.[2] In June 1980, Mooney ran for the leadership of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party, finishing third at the convention that elected Sandy Cameron the new leader.[12][13]

Mooney was re-elected in the new single-member riding of Yarmouth in the 1981 election, defeating former Progressive Conservative MLA Benoit Robichaud by 479 votes.[14] In the 1984 election, Mooney was defeated by Progressive Conservative Alex McIntosh.[15]

Mooney tried to win back the Yarmouth seat in the 1988 election, but was defeated by Progressive Conservative Leroy Legere.[16] Mooney made another political comeback attempt in 1994, when he challenged incumbent Charles Crosby for the mayor's seat in Yarmouth.[4][17]

On January 5, 2006, aged 78, Mooney died at his home in Yarmouth.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Electoral History for Yarmouth" (PDF). Nova Scotia Legislative Library. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  2. ^ a b c Elliott, Shirley B. (1984). The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758–1983 : a biographical directory. Public Archives of Nova Scotia. p. 157. ISBN 0-88871-050-X. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  3. ^ "Fraser Mooney, former Nova Scotia cabinet minister, dies at 78". Canadian Press NewsWire. Toronto. January 5, 2006.
  4. ^ a b c "Fraser Mooney dies at 78". The Chronicle Herald. January 7, 2006.
  5. ^ "Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1967" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 1967. Retrieved 2014-11-09.
  6. ^ "Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1970" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 1970. Retrieved 2014-11-09.
  7. ^ "Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1974" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 1974. Retrieved 2014-11-09.
  8. ^ "Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1978" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 1978. Retrieved 2014-11-09.
  9. ^ "Regan adds four ministers to N.S. Cabinet". The Globe and Mail. November 25, 1971.
  10. ^ "Regan shakes up N.S. Cabinet, youth department to be formed". The Globe and Mail. September 8, 1972.
  11. ^ "Regan again shuffles Nova Scotia Cabinet". The Globe and Mail. August 21, 1973.
  12. ^ ""Stanfield type" wins N.S. Liberal leadership". The Globe and Mail. June 9, 1980.
  13. ^ "New Liberal Leader in Nova Scotia". Canadian Parliamentary Review. 1980. Retrieved 2014-11-09.
  14. ^ "Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1981" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 1981. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-03-10. Retrieved 2014-11-09.
  15. ^ "Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1984" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 1984. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-05. Retrieved 2014-11-09.
  16. ^ "Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1988" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 1988. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-05-12. Retrieved 2014-11-09.
  17. ^ "Mooney to re enter politics, seeks Yarmouth Mayor's job". The Chronicle Herald. September 12, 1994.