Geoffrey Curtis MacLellan is a Canadian politician in the province of Nova Scotia.

Political career

He was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in a by-election on June 22, 2010, and represented the electoral district of Glace Bay as a Liberal until his retirement from politics in 2021.

MacLellan was re-elected in the 2013 election. On October 22, 2013, MacLellan was appointed to the Executive Council of Nova Scotia where he served as Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal as well as Minister responsible for the Sydney Tar Ponds Agency and Minister responsible for the Sydney Steel Corporation Act. He was re-elected in the 2017 election.

On June 15, 2017, Premier Stephen McNeil shuffled his cabinet, moving MacLellan to Minister of Business, Minister of Energy, Minister of Trade, and Minister of Service Nova Scotia. On July 5, 2018, MacLellan lost his position as Minister of Energy in a cabinet shuffle, but retained the other portfolios he had prior to the shuffle.

On February 4, 2021, MacLellan announced that he would not seek re-election.

Electoral record

vte2017 Nova Scotia general election: Glace Bay
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalGeoff MacLellan3,31746.65-33.70
Progressive ConservativeJohn White2,93841.32+36.18
New DemocraticLois MacDougall71810.10-4.40
AtlanticaSteven James MacNeil1371.93–
Total valid votes7,110100
Total rejected ballots731.03
Turnout7,18357.4
Eligible voters12,510
Liberal holdSwing-34.96
Source: Elections Nova Scotia
2013 Nova Scotia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalGeoff MacLellan5,54780.36
NDPMary Beth MacDonald1,00114.50
PCThomas Bethell3555.14
Byelection June 22, 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalGeoff MacLellan3,90153.91
NDPMyrtle Campbell2,28131.52
PCMichelle Wheelhouse75910.48
IndependentEdna Lee1952.69
AtlanticaDan Wilson560.77

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