Thomas Johnson McInnis | |
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| Senator for Nova Scotia | |
| In office September 6, 2012 –April 9, 2020 | |
| Nominated by | Stephen Harper |
| Appointed by | David Johnston |
| MLA for Halifax Eastern Shore | |
| In office 1978–1993 | |
| Preceded by | Alexander Garnet Brown |
| Succeeded by | Riding dissolved |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 9,1945 Sheet Harbour,Nova Scotia |
| Political party | Conservative |
Thomas Johnson McInnis (born April 9,1945) is a retired Canadian senator. [1] He also represented the electoral district of Halifax Eastern Shore in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1978 to 1993,as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia. [2]
Born on April 9,1945,in Sheet Harbour,Nova Scotia,McInnis attended Saint Mary's University and earned his law degree from Dalhousie University. [3] He specializes in property and commercial law and public-private partnerships. He is the president of the Sheet Harbour and Area Chamber of Commerce and was appointed to the Halifax Port Authority in 2008. [4]
McInnis entered provincial politics in the 1978 election,defeating Liberal cabinet minister Alexander Garnet Brown in the Halifax Eastern Shore riding. [5] On October 5,1978,McInnis was appointed to the Executive Council of Nova Scotia as Minister of Transportation. [6] McInnis was re-elected in the 1981 election, [7] and was named Minister of Municipal Affairs in a post-election cabinet shuffle. [8] McInnis was re-elected in the 1984 election, [9] and became Minister of Education in November 1985. [10] He was moved to Minister of Community Services in November 1987. [11] [12] Following his re-election in the 1988 election, [13] McInnis was named Attorney General. [14] [15]
In September 1990,John Buchanan resigned as premier, [16] and a leadership convention was scheduled for February 1991. [17] On November 7,1990,McInnis announced his candidacy for the leadership of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia. [18] [19] At the leadership convention,McInnis was eliminated following the second ballot,finishing third behind Donald Cameron and Roland Thornhill. [20] [21] On February 26,1991,Cameron was sworn-in as premier and named McInnis as Minister of Industry and Deputy Premier of Nova Scotia. [22] He was moved to Minister of Labour in November 1992. [23] In the 1993 election,McInnis ran in the new riding of Eastern Shore,and lost to Liberal Keith Colwell by 237 votes. [24] [25]
In the 2000 federal election,McInnis was the Progressive Conservative candidate in Dartmouth, [26] [27] but finished third behind NDP incumbent Wendy Lill and Liberal Bernie Boudreau. [28] In September 2012,McInnis was appointed to the Senate of Canada. [29] [30]
| 2000 Canadian federal election : Dartmouth—Cole Harbour | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Wendy Lill | 13,585 | 36.28 | +3.71 | ||||
| Liberal | Bernie Boudreau | 12,408 | 33.14 | +5.93 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Tom McInnis | 8,085 | 21.59 | -5.32 | ||||
| Alliance | Jordi Morgan | 3,282 | 8.76 | -2.99 | ||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Charles Spurr | 86 | 0.23 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 37,446 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Change for the Canadian Alliance from 1997 are based on the results of its predecessor, the Reform Party. | ||||||||