Allan McKinnon

Allan Bruce McKinnon PC MC CD (born January 11, 1917 in Canora , Saskatchewan , † September 19, 1990 in Victoria , British Columbia ) was a Canadian politician of the Progressive Conservative Party (PC) who was a member of the House of Commons for 16 years and between 1979 and 1980 Defense and Minister of veterans Affairs in 21 Canadian cabinet of Prime Minister Joe Clark was.

Life

McKinnon did his military service between 1939 and 1946 in the Royal Canadian Artillery during World War II and was most recently promoted to major . As a member of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, he took part in combat operations in Italy between 1943 and 1945 and was awarded the Military Cross (MC) and the Canadian Forces Decoration (CD) for his services . After the war he worked as a teacher.

He began his political career in 1968 as a member of the Victoria School Committee , which he chaired between 1970 and 1972. In the election of October 30, 1972 McKinnon was elected as a candidate of the Progressive Conservative Party (PC) for the first time to the member of the House of Commons and represented the constituency of Victoria for 16 years until November 20, 1988 . During his membership in parliament he was first deputy speaker from October 1973 and September 1974 and then between September 1974 and 1983 spokesman for his parliamentary group for national defense.

On June 4, 1979, Prime Minister Joe Clark appointed him Minister of National Defense and Minister of Veterans Affairs to Canada's 21st Cabinet, to which he was a member until the end of Clark's tenure on March 2, 1980. During this time, from July 1979 to March 2, 1980, he was also Vice-Chairman of the Cabinet Committees for Security and Intelligence, and for Foreign and Defense Policy. After leaving the government, he was briefly spokesman for the PC group for foreign affairs in 1983 and then from June 1983 to April 1984 spokesman for veterans affairs.

Web links and sources

• CV on the home page of the Canadian Parliament