Donald MacInnes, born Donald McInnes, (26 May 1824 – 1 December 1900) was a

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businessman and politician. Born in

Oban Oban ( ; ' in Scottish Gaelic meaning ''The Little Bay'') is a resort town within the Argyll and Bute council area of Scotland. Despite its small size, it is the largest town between Helensburgh and Fort William. During the tourist season, th ...

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, the son of Duncan McInnes and Johanna Stuart, McInnes’s family emigrated to

Upper Canada The Province of Upper Canada (french: link=no, province du Haut-Canada) was a part of British Canada established in 1791 by the Kingdom of Great Britain, to govern the central third of the lands in British North America, formerly part of the ...

in 1840 and settled in Ontario. He was married on April 30, 1863 to Mary Amelia Robinson, daughter of Sir John Robinson, 1st Baronet, of Toronto, they had five sons and a daughter (including

Duncan Sayre MacInnes Brigadier-General Duncan Sayre MacInnes (21 February 1860 – 23 May 1918) was a Canadian soldier and engineer who served in South Africa before, during and after the Second Boer War. Before and during World War I, MacInnes played a key role ...

). MacInnes was for several years one of the leading merchants in Canada. He was President of the

Bank of Hamilton The Bank of Hamilton was established in 1872 by local businessmen in the city of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada under the leadership of Donald McInnes, the bank's first President. Like the other Canadian chartered banks, it issued its own paper money. ...

and a Director of the Canada Life Assurance Co. He was Chairman of the Royal Commission appointed June 16, 1880 to inquire into the organization of the Civil Service of Canada. He was appointed to the

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on the advice of John Alexander Macdonald representing the senatorial division of

Burlington, Ontario Burlington is a city in the Regional Municipality of Halton at the northwestern end of Lake Ontario in Ontario, Canada. Along with Milton to the north, it forms the western end of the Greater Toronto Area and is also part of the Hamilton met ...

on December 24, 1881. A Liberal-Conservative, he served for almost 19 years until his death in 1900.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Macinnes, Donald 1824 births 1900 deaths Canadian senators from Ontario Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) senators Scottish emigrants to pre-Confederation Ontario People from Oban Immigrants to Upper Canada