Walter John "Jack" Hawkins (born 1932) is an author and former politician in 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...

, Canada. He represented Hants East

Hants East

Hants East is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.Its Member of the Legislative Assembly since 1998 has been John MacDonell of the New Democratic Party of Nova Scotia....

 in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly

Nova Scotia House of Assembly

The Nova Scotia Legislature, consisting of Her Majesty The Queen represented by the Lieutenant Governor and the House of Assembly, is the legislative branch of the provincial government of Nova Scotia, Canada...

 from 1970 to 1978, from 1981 to 1984 and from 1988 to 1993 as a Liberal

Liberal Party of Nova Scotia

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 member.

He was born in Halifax

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, Nova Scotia and educated at Saint Mary's University

Saint Mary's University (Halifax)

Saint Mary's University is located in Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada. The school is best known for having nationally lead programs in Business, Astronomy and International Development Studies as well, one of the best football and Men's hockey programs in Canada .The campus is situated in Halifax's...

 and the University of New Brunswick

University of New Brunswick

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. He served in the Canadian Army from 1955 to 1960, reaching the rank of lieutenant. Hawkins was an English professor at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College

Nova Scotia Agricultural College

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and St. Mary's University. He served in the province's Executive Council as Minister of Agriculture from 1972 to 1978 and as Minister of the Environment from 1975 to 1976. Hawkins also served as chair of the Nova Scotia Treasury Board from 1975 to 1978 and Chair of the Liberal caucus from 1981 to 1983.

He was the author of:

• Life and Times of Angus L. Macdonald (1969)
• Deer Hunting in Eastern Canada (1981) ISBN 0889991499
• Recollections of the Regan Years: a Political Memoir (1990) ISBN 0889994536
• Renfrew Gold: the Story of a Nova Scotia Ghost Town (1995) ISBN 0889995737
• Maitland, The Ships, The Men, and Their Wealth (1996)
• The Founding of Halifax (1999) ISBN 0968568904