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John Duncan MacCallum
13 Jul 1918–23 May 1982
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John Duncan MacCallum was born on Pictou Island on 13 July 1918 and later built a legal and public career in Saint John, New Brunswick. Published biographical sources identify him as a lawyer and as the Liberal member for Saint John Centre in the New Brunswick legislature from 1963 to 1967. His relevance to PIHS extends beyond public office: PIHS records that historical research later developed by Kenneth MacCallum had been begun by Kenneth’s father, John Duncan MacCallum. That gives John Duncan a place in both the Island diaspora and the chain through which Island history was researched and preserved.
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- Saint John, New Brunswick Biographical association; consult sources for dates and extent.
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195 enumerated residents in 37 original census family units. These are source households, not inferred genealogical branches or street addresses. Cancelled entries are excluded; source spellings and recorded ages are retained.
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