predecessor successor birth_place party office birth_date term_start article_title term_end name occupation
benoit comeau guy leblanc meteghan centre , nova scotia liberal mla for clare 26 june 1940 1981 chester melanson
 1984 chester j. melanson athletic director
chester melanson

chester joseph melanson -lrb- born june 26 , 1940 -rrb- is a canadian politician .
he represented the electoral district of clare in the nova scotia house of assembly from 1981 to 1984 .
he was a member of the nova scotia liberal party .
melanson was born in 1940 at meteghan centre , digby county , nova scotia .
a graducate of the university of new brunswick , melanson was an athletic director .
he entered provincial politics in the 1981 election , defeating progressive conservative guy leblanc by 55 votes in the clare riding .
melanson was defeated by leblanc when he ran for re-election in 1984 .
in october 2008 , melanson was awarded the order of la pléiade , which was given to honour acadian and francophone community leaders , and members of the legislative assembly .
