Irving W. Akerley
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Name Irving W. Akerley Birth Abt 1904 Pugwash, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada 
Gender Male Reference Number 4300 Reference Number b35711 Person ID I4300 peers Last Modified 17 Feb 2007
Father Harry G. Akerley, b. 10 Oct 1873, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 24 May 1930, Pugwash, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 56 years) Mother Margaret MacLeod, b. Abt 1870, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 09 May 1945, Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age ~ 75 years) Marriage Abt 1903 - MARR: SOUR @C11084@
Family ID F1666 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family M. Meagher Children 1. Robert H. Akerley, b. Abt 1934, Nova Scotia, Canada d. Abt 1971, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age ~ 37 years)2. D. Akerley Family ID F1668 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 18 Jan 2017
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Birth - Abt 1904 - Pugwash, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada 
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Notes - his business career took him to Dartmouth where he became a ctive inmunicipal affairs. In 1955, he was elected mayor o f the town and pushedfor incorporation of Dartmouth as a c ity, a feat accomplished in 1961.During this time , he ser ved as president of the Union of Nova ScotiaMunicipalitie s and of the Canadian Federation of Mayors. Mr. Akerleygav e up the mayoralty in 1963 to offer for the Provincial Legi slature,as a Progressive Conservative candidate. He won el ection that year forHalifax County -Dartmouth, was re-ele cted in 1967 for Dartmouth South.He entered the Provincia l Government in 1964 as Minister ofAgriculture, a post h e held until 1968 when he became Minister ofHighways. He r esigned with the Government of Premier G. I. Smith in1970.
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- his business career took him to Dartmouth where he became a ctive inmunicipal affairs. In 1955, he was elected mayor o f the town and pushedfor incorporation of Dartmouth as a c ity, a feat accomplished in 1961.During this time , he ser ved as president of the Union of Nova ScotiaMunicipalitie s and of the Canadian Federation of Mayors. Mr. Akerleygav e up the mayoralty in 1963 to offer for the Provincial Legi slature,as a Progressive Conservative candidate. He won el ection that year forHalifax County -Dartmouth, was re-ele cted in 1967 for Dartmouth South.He entered the Provincia l Government in 1964 as Minister ofAgriculture, a post h e held until 1968 when he became Minister ofHighways. He r esigned with the Government of Premier G. I. Smith in1970.