Monument off 219 highway in Cape Breton. It be nice to see a Nova Scotia Flag! Angus Lewis Macdonald Dunvegan, Nova Scotia,12th Premier from 1933 to 1940 and 14th Premier from 1945- 1954, of Nova Scotia. Macdonald's more than 15 years as premier brought fundamental changes. Under his leadership, the Nova Scotia government spent more than $100 million paving roads, building bridges, extending electrical transmission lines and improving public education.