Murdoch MacKinnon (March 15, 1865 – October 12, 1944) was a
Canadian politician and served as the
11th
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Name
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Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island
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MacKinnon was born in Brooklyn, Prince Edward Island to parents of
Scottish
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*Scottish English
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descent, Lauchlin MacKinnon and Mary MacDonald. He received his higher education from
Prince of Wales College and then became a farmer. On October 21, 1914, he married Perle Beecher Taylor, and together they had one son.
In the July 28, 1897 General Elections, MacKinnon was elected to represent the
Conservative Party in the
4th Kings
4th Kings was an electoral district in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island, which elected two members to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island
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District in the Provincial Legislature. From that point until the 1919 General Elections, MacKinnon was continuously re-elected and retained his seat in the Legislature. Between 1911 and 1919, he served as Commissioner of Agriculture and Provincial Secretary Treasurer in the provincial cabinet.
On September 8, 1919, Murdoch MacKinnon was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island and served in that capacity until 1924. He is best known for making constitutional history in the province in 1923 for refusing his
assent to the ''Church Union Bill''. He died in Charlottetown.
References
Biography at PEI Lieutenant Governors
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1865 births
1944 deaths
People from Kings County, Prince Edward Island
Lieutenant Governors of Prince Edward Island
Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island MLAs