George MacKinnon (politician), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian politician
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Place of Birth: North Glengarry, Ontario, Canada
About George MacKinnon (politician)
- George Ernest Lawson MacKinnon (12 December 1879 – 25 October 1969) was a National Government party member of the House of Commons of Canada.
- He was born in Alexandria, Ontario and became a physician by career. Born at Alexandria, Glengarry County, Ontario, on 12 December 1879, the son of a blacksmith, he graduated M.D.
- at McGill University of Montreal in 1902.
- he came west as a CPR doctor and settled in Cranbrook BC in 1905.
- He married Helen Ainsworth Geigerich of Kaslo, British Columbia and had two children, a son, George and a daughter, Margaret.
- He practised general medicine in the Kootenay District from 1908 until his retirement in 1940.
- He was first elected to Parliament for the Kootenay East riding in the Canadian federal election, 1940 general election.
- After completing his only term, the 19th Canadian Parliament, MacKinnon did not seek re-election in the Canadian federal election, 1945 federal election.
- MacKinnon was honoured by the city of Cranbrook in 1955 for his service to the community both as a doctor and a politician.
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