- Allan McKinnon
Allan Bruce McKinnon, PC, MC, CD, (11 January 1917 - 19 September 1990) was a Canadian politician.
Born in
Canora, Saskatchewan , he served with theRoyal Canadian Artillery and was officer with thePrincess Patricia 's Canadian Light Infantry. In 1945, he was awarded theMilitary Cross . After the war, he remained in the Canadian Army. He retired with the rank of major in 1965 and settled inVictoria, British Columbia . He then taught at Sangster Elementary School in Colwood. From 1968 to 1972, he was a trustee and later chairman of the Victoria School Board.McKinnon was first elected to the
Canadian House of Commons in the 1972 federal election as the Progressive ConservativeMember of Parliament for Victoria,British Columbia . He was re-elected on four successive occasions, and served from 1979 to 1980 as Minister of National Defence and Minister of Veterans Affairs in the short-livedminority government ofJoe Clark .McKinnon retired from politics at the 1988 federal election.
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