monarch lieutenant_governor death_place death_date predecessor birth_place successor alongside religion party profession office birth_date term_start residence article_title term_end name
george v james cranswick tory frank stanfield walter harold covert glace bay , nova scotia 4 july 1943 edgar nelson rhodes first member first member glace bay , nova scotia angus lewis macdonald michael dwyer george m. morrison joseph macdonald roman catholic conservative lawyer 11th centre mla for cape breton south premier of nova scotia mla for cape breton august 7 , 1883 august 22 , 1933 11 , 1930 june 25 , 1925 august glace bay , nova scotia gordon sidney harrington
 september 20 , 1937 5 , 1933 august 22 , 1933 june gordon sidney harrington
gordon sidney harrington

gordon sidney harrington -lrb- august 7 , 1883 -- july 4 , 1943 -rrb- was a nova scotia politician and the province 's 11th premier from 1930 to 1933 .
he was mayor of glace bay from 1913 to 1915 when he enlisted in the canadian expeditionary force fighting in world war i .
he was elected a conservative mla in 1925 representing cape breton centre and his support from miners helped ensure the conservative party 's victory in that election .
harrington became minister of labour in the government of edgar n. rhodes and became premier of nova scotia when rhodes left provincial politics to ender the federal cabinet in 1930 .
during harrington 's term he was able to end ongoing labour disturbance among miners in cape breton which had afflicted the previous two premiers .
he improved the provincial department of mining , fought for the coal and steel industries in ottawa , and passed legislation calling for a national policy on coal and steel .
however , his government was unable to combat the great depression and was defeated by the liberals in the 1933 election .
harrington remained in the nova scotia house of assembly until 1937 .
his government was the last conservative government until robert stanfield was able to take power in 1956 .
