The Hon. James Angus MacKinnon |
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Member of the Canadian Parliament for Edmonton West |
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In office 1935–1949 |
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Preceded by | Charles Stewart |
Succeeded by | George Prudham |
Senator for Edmonton, Alberta | |
In office 1949–1958 |
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Appointed by | Louis St. Laurent |
Personal details | |
Born |
Port Elgin, Ontario |
October 4, 1881
Died | April 18, 1958 | (aged 76)
Political party | Liberal |
Cabinet | Minister Without Portfolio Minister of Trade and Commerce Minister of National Revenue (Acting) Minister of Fisheries Minister of Mines and Resources |
James Angus MacKinnon, PC (October 4, 1881 – April 18, 1958) 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 (Acting), 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 (née Slattery), Gayle Slattery, John Slattery, Jim Slattery and Ann Varszegi (née Slattery).