John James Kinley (23 September 1925 – 1 May 2012) was a

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engineer, industrialist and the 29th

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since confederation.

Early life

Kinley was born in Lunenburg, the son of politician

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and Lila Evelyn Kinley (Young).

Career

Kinley was an engineering graduate of

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and

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. He has practiced professional engineering in business and the community for more than 50 years in executive positions at Lunenburg Foundry & Engineering Co. Ltd. and Lunenburg Marine Railway. He was the Honorary Chair for Life of the Nova Scotia Branch of the Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters, a former chair the Offshore Trade Association of Nova Scotia and a former director of the Canadian Foundry Association. Kinley served in a number of military offices. He served in the Canadian Merchant Marine and

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and in Canada's Naval Reserve and Retired as Lieutenant Commander in 1958. He was a president of Branch #23,

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in Lunenburg, former president of the

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, Honorary Colonel of the #14 Airfield Engineering Squadron,

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and the West Nova Scotia Regiment. He was appointed the first Grand President of The Nova Scotia Command, Royal Canadian Legion.

Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia

Kinley was appointed by the

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, on the advice of Prime Minister Jean Chrétien, in May 1994. He was installed at a public ceremony at the World Trade and Convention Center in

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on June 23, 1994. He was sworn into office by Premier John Savage, Chief Justice Lorne Clarke and federal representatives for Governor General

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Death

Kinley died at the age of 86 in Lunenburg.Former lieutenant-governor Kinley dies at 86
Halifax Chronicle Herald

Personal life

Kinley was a longtime resident of Lunenburg with his wife Grace Elizabeth (MacPherson) Kinley and have raised four children; Paula, Peter, Edward, Shona and are grandparents of eleven grandchildren.

Honours

* Sir John Kennedy Medal; Engineering Institute of Canada * Centennial Gold Medal, 100 years of Tech, TUNS and

, 2007 * Member of the Duke of Edinburgh's first Study Conference "Human Problems of Industrial Communities within the Commonwealth and Empire" Oxford in 1956, attended the 50th Anniversary Reunion at Buckingham Palace, London, May 2006. * Fellow Engineering Institute of Canada * Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineers * Fellow of Canadian Society of Engineers * Honorary Doctor of Engineering,

1995 * Grand Commander of the Royal Norwegian Medal of Honour * Knight of Grace, Knight of Justice and Vice Prior Order of Saint John of Jerusalem

Arms

References

External links

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