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to announce the plan to cap the tar ponds. Protesters forced him to cut short the event and he was escorted out of the room due to security concerns as the protests intensified.
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An avid educational advocate, O'Malley was a vocational teacher and later a principal at the
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Despite indications he might retire, O'Malley ran for re-election in
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Halifax Needham riding. He was re-elected in the
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in 1927 to
Michael O'Malley and Mary Brackett. He was educated at
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593:. Government of Nova Scotia. 18 July 1997
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