Honourable Geoff MacLellan
The Honourable Geoff MacLellan is a ten-year veteran of the Nova Scotia Legislature, representing the constituency of Glace Bay. He was first elected in a June 2010 by-election and served as economic development critic for the official opposition from 2010-2013. He was re-elected in 2013 and entered the Executive Council of Nova Scotia as the Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal.
In 2017, he was re-elected for a third time and returned to the provincial Cabinet, serving as Minister of Energy, Minister of Service Nova Scotia, Minister of Business and Minister of Trade. He is the Government House Leader and sits on the Treasury and Policy Board.
Prior to his career in elected politics, Geoff served as the Executive Assistant to the Member of Parliament Rodger Cuzner on Parliament Hill. He spent time in business development at the Maritime Environmental Training Institute, represented Cape Breton University as a program manager in Cairo, Egypt, and worked as a teacher/administrator at CBU’s Shannon School of Business.
In 2001, Geoff completed a bachelor’s degree in Business at Cape Breton University, and a master’s degree in Business from Dalhousie University in 2005.
He is Vice Chair of the Internal Affairs Committee. He is a member of the Assembly Matters Committee. He is also a member of the House of Assembly Management Commission.
Constituency | Party | Start Date |
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Glace Bay | Liberal | 2010 |
Current cabinet responsibilities
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Minister of Trade
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Minister responsible for the Nova Scotia Innovation Corporation
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Minister responsible for Tourism Nova Scotia
Roles
Standing Committees
Bills
Recent Bills
Bills Introduced
Bills introduced by Geoff MacLellan this session.
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38 | Residential Tenancies Act (amended) * | October 10, 2018 |
Pages
Bills introduced by Geoff MacLellan.
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65 | Railways Act (amended) | November 19, 2014 |
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Contact details
Constituency office
Civic address:
219 Commercial Street, Suite D
Glace Bay, NS
B1A 3B9
Fax: 902-842-4389
mla@geoffmaclellan.ca
Business address
Department of Business
Centennial Building
1660 Hollis Street, Suite 600
P.O. Box 2311
Halifax, NS
B3J 3C8
BusinessMinister@novascotia.ca
Department of Trade
P.O. Box 1617
Halifax, NS
B3J 2Y3
Fax: (902) 424-0728
TradeMinister@novascotia.ca