Donald Alexander MacKinnon (22 February 1863 – 20 April 1928) was a

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teacher, lawyer, politician, author, and the eighth Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island from 1904 to 1910. Born in Uigg,

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, the son of William and Catherine Nicholson Mackinnon, MacKinnon attended Uigg grammar school and started teaching when he was 14. He later received a first-class teaching licence from the Prince of Wales College in Charlottetown. In 1882, he started articling with the Charlottetown barrister Malcolm McLeod. From 1885 to 1887, he attended

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where he received a

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degree. He was called to the Bar an attorney in 1887 and a barrister in 1888. He was created a

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in 1899. He opened a practice in

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in 1887 where he remained until moving to Charlottetown in 1897. In 1900, he became president of the Law Society of Prince Edward Island. From 1893 to 1900, he was a member of the

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for the electoral district of

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. In 1899, he was chosen as attorney general in the cabinet of Donald Farquharson; however, as a result of the appointment, he was required to run for reelection and he was defeated. He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada as the

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candidate for the electoral district of

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in the 1900 federal election. In 1901, the election was declared void and MacKinnon was re-elected in the resulting 1901 by-election. In 1904, he was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island and served until 1910. He returned to federal politics when he was elected to the House of Commons for electoral district of Queen's in the 1921 federal election. MacKinnon died in Charlottetown in 1928.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mackinnon, Donald Alexander 1863 births 1928 deaths People from Queens County, Prince Edward Island Liberal Party of Canada MPs Lieutenant Governors of Prince Edward Island Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Prince Edward Island Prince Edward Island Liberal Party MLAs Canadian King's Counsel