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Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
MacMillan, Carleton Lamont
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Description area
Dates of existence
1903-1978
History
Carleton Lamont MacMillan was a Dalhousie-educated physician and the author of Memoirs of a Cape Breton Doctor. Born in Goldboro, Nova Scotia, in 1903, he was educated at the Sydney Academy and Acadia University. After graduating from Dalhousie Medical School in 1928 he opened a private practice in Baddeck, Cape Breton, and served the surrounding area for forty years. He was a member of the Canadian Medical Association and the Nova Scotia Medical Association, and was elected to the Order of Canada in 1972. An active member of his Cape Breton community, he served as an MLA from 1949-1967. He died in 1978.