George MacKinnon (politician)

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George MacKinnon
Member of Parliament
for Kootenay East
In office
March 1940 April 1945
Preceded by Henry Herbert Stevens
Succeeded by James Herbert Matthews
Personal details
Born
George Ernest Lawson MacKinnon

(1879-12-12)12 December 1879
Alexandria, Ontario, Canada
Died25 October 1969(1969-10-25) (aged 89)
Political party National Government
Spouse(s)Helen Ainsworth Giegerich
m. 1 November 1921 [1]
Professionphysician

George Ernest Lawson MacKinnon (12 December 1879 25 October 1969) was a National Government party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Alexandria, Ontario and became a physician by career.

Born at Alexandria, Glengarry County, Ontario, on 12 December 1879, the son of a blacksmith, he graduated M.D. at McGill University of Montreal in 1902. he came west as a CPR doctor and settled in Cranbrook BC in 1905. He married Helen Ainsworth Geigerich of Kaslo, British Columbia and had two children, a son, George and a daughter, Margaret. He practised general medicine in the Kootenay District from 1908 until his retirement in 1940. He was first elected to Parliament for the Kootenay East riding in the Canadian federal election, 1940 general election. After completing his only term, the 19th Canadian Parliament, MacKinnon did not seek re-election in the Canadian federal election, 1945 federal election. MacKinnon was honoured by the city of Cranbrook in 1955 for his service to the community both as a doctor and a politician.

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References

  1. Normandin, A. L. (1941). The Canadian Parliamentary Guide.