Alexander Hugh McKinnon (December 24, 1904 – June 16, 1973) was a lawyer, judge and politician in

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, Canada. He represented

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in the

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from 1940 to 1953 as a

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member. He was born in

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, the son of Hugh McKinnon and Margaret Campbell. McKinnon was educated in Inverness and then at

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and

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, receiving a

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from the later institution in 1929. He was admitted to the bar in the same year and set up practice in Inverness. In 1934, he married Ann Ryan. He was first elected to the provincial assembly in a 1940 by-election held after

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was elected to the House of Commons. McKinnon served in the province's Executive Council as Minister of Public Health and Welfare from 1949 to 1950 and Minister of Mines and Labour from 1949 to 1953. He was named a county court judge for

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in 1953 and, in 1966, was appointed to the

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. He was named Chief Justice for Nova Scotia in 1968 and served until his death in Halifax at the age of 68.

References

Marble, AE ''Nova Scotians at home and abroad: biographical sketches ....'' (1977)
pp. 279–80

{{DEFAULTSORT:McKinnon, Alexander H. 1904 births 1973 deaths Dalhousie University alumni Judges in Nova Scotia Members of the Executive Council of Nova Scotia Nova Scotia Liberal Party MLAs Nova Scotia Ministers of Health People from Inverness County, Nova Scotia St. Francis Xavier University alumni