Donald Alexander MacKinnon

Donald Alexander MacKinnon, KC ( born February 22, 1863 in Uigg, Prince Edward Iceland, † April 20, 1928 in Charlottetown ) was a Canadian politician. From 1901 to 1904 he was Liberal deputy of the lower house, then to 1910 the province of Prince Edward Iceland lieutenant governor. He was, from 1921 to 1925 for a second time the House of Commons MPs.

Biography

As MacKinnon, son of Scottish immigrants, was 14 years old, he started at various rural schools to teach as a teacher. Later he studied law at the Prince of Wales College in Charlottetown and at Dalhousie University in Halifax. In 1887 he was admitted to the bar and opened a law office in the town of Georgetown, from 1897 he worked in Charlottetown. In 1900 he became president of the Law Society of Prince Edward Iceland.

MacKinnon's political career began in 1893 when he was a candidate for the Prince Edward Iceland Liberal Party successfully for a seat in the Legislative Assembly. Prime Minister Donald Farquharson appointed him in 1899 as Attorney General in the provincial government, but MacKinnon lost GST -election. He then turned to the federal policy. As a candidate of the Liberal Party of Canada, he won in the general election in 1900, but was declared the result in his constituency because of discrepancies invalid. In the repetition in March 1901, he also won.

1904 MacKinnon waived for re-election. He had previously set it to the Canadian Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier informed that he did not have enough money to operate policy. Laurier showed his gratitude and proposed him as Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Iceland. Governor General Lord Grey sworn MacKinnon on October 3, 1904. This prestigious position which he held until June 1, 1910 made. He then worked as a lawyer again. He also presided over an electricity company and the Boy Scouts of the province. As a talented author MacKinnon wrote reports for magazines and published a historical encyclopedia. At the general election in 1921 he was elected again and stayed another four years deputy.

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