Billy Joe MacLean, long-serving mayor and former N.S. cabinet minister, dies at 88

Billy Joe MacLean, long-serving mayor and former N.S. cabinet minister, dies at 88

MacLean died in the early hours of Wednesday at the Cape Breton Regional Hospital from a group A streptococcus infection, said family members.

Billy Joe MacLean, former Port Hawkesbury mayor and Nova Scotia MLA, dead at age 88

Billy Joe MacLean, who in his 54 years of political life served as mayor of the Town of Port Hawkesbury and as a former Inverness South MLA, has died.

Former Mayor of Port Hawkesbury Billy Joe MacLean dies at age 88

Former Port Hawkesbury Mayor Billy Joe MacLean has died. He was 88 years old. MacLean entered public life in 1962 as a town councillor and served eight terms has Mayor.  MacLean also served as a Member of the Nova Scotia Legislature and a provincial cabinet minister. In a release, the Town of Port Hawkesbury says MacLean witnessed and influenced many economic and social changes within the town and the Strait of Canso area and remained constant i…