death_date predecessor successor birth_place party office term_start spouse article_title term_end
02 january 1990 john michael macdonald len j. arsenault sydney , nova scotia progressive conservative mla for cape breton north 1960 marie-paule mantha tom mckeough
 1978
tom mckeough

thomas james mckeough -lrb- october 12 , 1922 -- january 2 , 1990 -rrb- was a canadian politician , who represented the electoral district of cape breton north in the nova scotia house of assembly from 1960 to 1978 .
he was a member of the progressive conservatives .
mckeough served in the executive council of nova scotia as minister of municipal affairs , minister of labour , minister of trade and industry , and minister of finance .
he played a major role in reshaping ems in nova scotia .
following his retirement from politics , mckeough chaired a provincial task force on occupation health and safety in the workplace .
