Paul MacEwan
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Pasul MacEwan was a politician in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada, and long-time member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.
A labour activist, MacEwan was elected first as a candidate of the social democratic Nova Scotia New Democratic Party in the 1970 provincial election. He ran in Cape Breton Nova, a heavily blue collar riding that was home to the SYSCO Plant and many coal miners. During his first terms as MLA, MacEwan would write Miners and Steelworkers: Labour in Cape Breton, a history of union activities and political activism in the area.
After a series of disagreements with the Halifax based party leadership, he left the party to establish the Cape Breton Labour Party, which promoted separating Cape Breton Island from Nova Scotia to become a separate province. MacEwan was the only one of the party's fourteen candidates to win election in the 1984 provincial election. He severed several terms as its only Member of the Legislative Assembly before disbanding the party in the early 1990s to sit as an independent MLA.
MacEwan later joined the Nova Scotia Liberal Party and served as Speaker of the House of Assembly from 1993 to 1996. MacEwan's tenure as speaker was controversial, and was constantly accused of making partial rulings.
MacEwan's riding was often considered the safest riding in the province, no matter what banner he ran under. He retired from the House of Assembly in 2003.
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