James Angus MacKinnon
Politician
1881 – 1958
Who was James Angus MacKinnon?
James Angus MacKinnon, PC was a Canadian politician.
Born in Port Elgin, Ontario, he was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons representing the riding of Edmonton West in the 1935 federal election. A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1940 and 1945. He held many cabinet positions in the cabinets of Mackenzie King and Louis Stephen St-Laurent including Minister without Portfolio, Minister of Trade and Commerce, Minister of National Revenue, Minister of Fisheries, and Minister of Mines and Resources. In 1949, he was called to the Canadian Senate representing the senatorial division of Edmonton, Alberta. From 1949 to 1950, while a senator, he was a Minister without Portfolio in the cabinet of Louis Stephen St-Laurent.
He died in office in 1958. He married Irene Sharpe from Prince Edward Island and had one adopted daughter, Keltie. She died on October 31, 1968, leaving her husband Denis Slattery, and five children, Sandy White, Gayle Slattery, John Slattery, Jim Slattery and Ann Varsegi.
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- Born
- Oct 4, 1881
Canada - Nationality
- Canada
- Lived in
- Bruce County
- Died
- Apr 18, 1958
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on July 23, 2013
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