Background
He is the son of Marie and Buddy MacMaster, and grew up in the community of Judique in Inverness County.
He is the son of Marie and Buddy MacMaster, and grew up in the community of Judique in Inverness County.
He graduated from Saint Francis Xavier University with a degree in business administration.
Prior to being elected, MacMaster worked as an investment advisor with BMO Nesbitt Burns, and authored a monthly column for the Nova Scotia Business Journal entitled "Building Your Wealth". He also worked as an assistant to the former Modern Language Association for Inverness. In March 2010, MacMaster issued a rare Gaelic resolution in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly, asking for continued government support for Gaelic language, history and culture in Nova Scotia.
lieutenant was passed unanimously by all members.
He currently holds the critic portfolios for Finance, Integrity in Government, Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations, Treasury Board, Gaelic Affairs, Residential Tenancies Acting, Securities Acting, Insurance Acting, and Cr Union Acting, and sits on the legislative committees for Public Accounts and Human Resources. In his first full session in the legislature, MacMaster introduced two bills: An Acting to Provide Greater Flexibility for Nova Scotians" Retirement Savings in Locked-in Accounts and An Acting to Amend Chapter 31 of the Acts of 1996, the Sales Tax Acting which would prohibit the province from proposing or agreeing to an increase in the provincial portion of the federally enacted harmonized sales tax
He represents the electoral district of Inverness as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party.