Roger Stuart Bacon is a retired Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...

 politician

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 who was the 21st Premier of Nova Scotia

Premier of Nova Scotia

The Premier of Nova Scotia is the first minister for the Canadian province of Nova Scotia who presides over the Executive Council of Nova Scotia. Following the Westminster system, the premier is normally the leader of the political party which has the most seats in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly...

 from 1990 to 1991.

Born in Upper Nappan, Nova Scotia, Bacon was a farmer

Farmer

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 when he was first elected to the provincial legislature

Legislature

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 in 1970 as a Progressive Conservative. When the Tories won election in 1978, Bacon was Minister of Tourism before becoming Minister of Agriculture in the cabinet

Cabinet (government)

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 of Premier

Premier

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 John Buchanan

John Buchanan

John MacLennan Buchanan, PC, QC is a Canadian lawyer and former politician who served as the 20th Premier of Nova Scotia from 1978 to 1990 and as a member of the Senate of Canada from 1990 to 2006.-Early life:...

 from 1979 to 1988. Bacon then became Deputy Premier and Minister of Housing until 1990, when he succeeded Buchanan to become interim leader

Interim leader

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 of the party and caretaker premier of the province for six months until the party chose Donald W. Cameron as its new leader.