Stewart McInnes
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The Honourable Stewart McInnes PC, QC |
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| Member of Parliament for Halifax |
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In office 1984–1988 |
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| Preceded by | Gerald Regan |
| Succeeded by | Mary Clancy |
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Stewart Donald McInnes July 24, 1937 Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| Died | October 3, 2015 (aged 78) Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Stewart Donald McInnes (July 24, 1937 – October 3, 2015) was a Canadian lawyer, arbitrator and federal politician.
In 1954, while studying at Dalhousie University, he became a brother in the Sigma Chi fraternity, who later named him a Significant Sig.
From 1961 to 1999, McInnes was a senior partner in the Halifax, Nova Scotia law firm of McInnes Cooper, and appeared before the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, the Federal Court of Canada and the Supreme Court of Canada. He also served as the president of the Nova Scotia branch of the Canadian Bar Association from 1983 to 1984.
In the 1984 general election, he was elected to the Canadian House of Commons as the Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament for Halifax, defeating Liberal Cabinet minister and former Premier of Nova Scotia Gerald Regan.
In 1985, he was appointed to Prime Minister Brian Mulroney's cabinet as Minister of Supply and Services. From 1986 until 1988, he concurrently held the positions of Minister of Public Works and Minister responsible for CMHC.
McInnes was defeated in the 1988 federal election by Liberal Mary Clancy due, in part, to the unpopularity of the Canada–United States Free Trade Agreement in Atlantic Canada. He returned to his law practice full-time.
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