Donald MacInnis explained

Donald MacInnis
Birth Date:21 August 1918
Birth Place:Glace Bay, Nova Scotia
Death Place:Glace Bay
Residence:Glace Bay
Riding:Cape Breton South
Term Start:10 June 1957
Term End:18 June 1962[1]
Predecessor:Clarence Gillis (CCF)
Successor:Malcolm MacInnis (NDP)[2]
Riding2:Cape Breton South
Term Start2:7 April 1963
Term End2:25 June 1968
Predecessor2:Malcolm MacInnis
Successor2:Electoral district dissolved
Riding3:Cape Breton—East Richmond
Term Start3:25 June 1968
Term End3:May 1974
Predecessor3:Electoral district established
Successor3:Andy Hogan (NDP)
Office4:Mayor for Glace Bay, Nova Scotia
Term Start4:1988
Term End4:1995
Predecessor4:Bruce Allan Clark
Successor4:Position dissolved.
Profession:Miner
Party:Progressive Conservative
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  • All federal election dates and info from Parliament of Canada biography

Donald MacInnis (21 August 1918 – 9 May 2007) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia and became a coal miner by career.

He was first elected at the Cape Breton South riding in the 1957 general election, defeating the long-serving incumbent Co-operative Commonwealth Federation member of parliament Clarence Gillis, also a former miner. MacInnis defeated Gillis again in a rematch almost a year later in the 1958 general election, known as the "Diefenbaker Sweep." MacInnis remained a Member of Parliament throughout the 1960s and early 1970s except for the 25th Parliament when he was defeated in the riding by Malcolm Vic MacInnis of the New Democratic Party in the 1962 election. Since the 1968 election, MacInnis represented Cape Breton—East Richmond, one of the ridings which replaced the Cape Breton South electoral district in a boundary realignment.

After his term in the 29th Parliament ended in 1974, MacInnis left national office and did not campaign for another term.

From 1988, MacInnis served as the final mayor of Glace Bay, a municipality which was dissolved in 1995 and replaced by the Cape Breton Regional Municipality.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Parlinfo: Donald MacInnis. Parliament of Canada. Queen's Printer for Canada. 2012-10-02. Ottawa. dmy-all.
  2. Web site: Parlinfo: Malcolm MacInnis . Parliament of Canada . Queen's Printer for Canada . 2012-10-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130509175921/http://www.parl.gc.ca/ParlInfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=eb1f264f-a92e-4bc5-a5da-0ac8c84dbd5c&Language=E . 9 May 2013 . Ottawa . dead . dmy-all.
  3. News: Greg . McNeil . Donald MacInnis, last mayor of Glace Bay, dies . Cape Breton Post . 11 May 2007 . 2012-10-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120814110657/http://www.capebretonpost.com/Living/People/2007-05-11/article-773547/Donald-MacInnis%2C-last-mayor-of-Glace-Bay%2C-dies/1 . 14 August 2012 . live . dmy.