Mel Pickings

Mel Pickings
MLA for Lunenburg West
In office
1978–1988
Preceded byMaurice DeLory
Succeeded byMarie Dechman
Personal details
Born(1926-08-19)August 19, 1926
Halifax, Nova Scotia
DiedFebruary 1, 2019(2019-02-01) (aged 92)
Political partyProgressive Conservative
ResidenceBridgewater, Nova Scotia[1]

Milne Charles "Mel" Pickings (August 19, 1926 – February 1, 2019) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Lunenburg West in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1978 to 1988. He was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia.[2]

Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1926[1] Pickings entered provincial politics in the 1978 election, defeating Liberal incumbent Maurice DeLory by 1116 votes in the Lunenburg West riding.[3] He was re-elected in the 1981 election.[4] On November 9, 1983, Pickings was appointed to the Executive Council of Nova Scotia as Minister responsible for the Emergency Measures Organization, and Minister responsible for the Purchasing Act.[1] He was re-elected in the 1984 election.[5] In November 1985, Pickings was named Minister of Housing.[6] On July 21, 1988, Pickings resigned from cabinet and announced he was not running in the next election.[7]

Pickings died on February 1, 2019.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b c Elliott, Shirley B. (1984). The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758–1983 : a biographical directory. Public Archives of Nova Scotia. p. 176. ISBN 0-88871-050-X. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
  2. ^ "Electoral History for Lunenburg West" (PDF). Nova Scotia Legislative Library. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
  3. ^ "Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1978" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 1978. Retrieved 2014-11-11.
  4. ^ "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 2014-11-11.
  5. ^ "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 2014-11-11.
  6. ^ "Minister quits on eve of cabinet swearing-in". The Globe and Mail. November 27, 1967.
  7. ^ "Resignations add to election speculation in Nova Scotia". The Globe and Mail. July 22, 1988.
  8. ^ "Former PC MLA Pickings passes away". CKBW. February 4, 2019. Retrieved 2019-02-10.


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