Donald Alexander MacKinnon

MACKINNON, Q.C., HONOURABLE DONALD ALEXANDER school teacher and lawyer; b. 21 February 1863 in Uigg-Belfast, son of William MacKinnon and Katherine Nicholson; m. 17 October 1892 Adelaide Beatrice Louise Owen, and they had three children, Beatrice, Arthur, and a second son who died in childhood; Presbyterian; d. 20 April 1928 in Charlottetown. MacKinnon, a Liberal, was first elected to the Legislative Assembly in the general election of 1893 for 4th Kings. He was re-elected in the general elections of 1897 and 1900. He served as Attorney- General from 1899 to 1900, resigning that year trom the Legislative Assembly to run in the 1901 federal election for East Queen's. On 1 February 1901, the election in East Queen's was declared void. MacKinnon was elected to the House of Commons for East Queen's in a subsequent by-election held on 20 March 1901. In 1904 he was appointed Lieutenant-Governor for the province, and he served until 1910. In 1921 he was re-elected to the House of Commons for Queen's and served until 1925, at which point he retired from politics. MacKinnon received his primary education at the Uigg Grammar School. At the age of 13, he passed the teachers' examinations. MacKinnon taught school in Springton for three years. He attended Prince of Wales College, and later law' school at Dalhousie University. MacKinnon articled with the firm of Palmer and MacLeod — which included Premier Herbert J. Palmer* — and in 1887 he was admitted to the Bar. He practised law in Georgetown for the next 10 years, entering into a partnership with Alexander B. Warburton* in 1897. In 1900 MacKinnon was awarded the designation of Queen s Counsel. In 1906 MacKinnon and Warburton coauthored Past and Present of PEI. MacKinnon also served as chairman of the Georgetown school trustees. Donald MacKinnon died 20 April 1928. Adelaide MacKinnon died 16 April 1912 at the age of 41.