At Wanganui Collegiate,he steered the school through a period of sustained pupil growth,despite the fall-off of its traditional catchment area –the education of central North Island farmers' sons,in the wake of the removal of state produce subsidies.
Educational consultancy work
Since 2002,McKinnon has practised as an education consultant. He was appointed Chairman of the Correspondence School and until its merger with Victoria University of Wellington was Chairman of the Council of the Wellington College of Education.[2]
He is on the University Council of Victoria University of Wellington,after being Chancellor for a number of years.[2]
In 2016 he was elected to the Wellington Regional Council.[4]
In 2019 McKinnon announced that he would not be standing for re-election to the Wellington Regional Council,on which he has been a councillor since 2016.[5]
McKinnon's father was Chief of General Staff,Major General Walter McKinnon,CB,CBE. The McKinnon brothers are great-great-grandsons of John Plimmer,known as the father of Wellington.[8]
References
↑ Nelson College Old Boys' Register, 1856–2006, 6th edition
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