John D. McKenzie explained

John Douglas McKenzie
Birth Date:December 1, 1889
Birth Place:Gilby, North Dakota, United States
Death Place:Barbados
Office2:MLA for Annapolis
Term Start2:1933
Term End2:1945
Predecessor2:Harry Thompson MacKenzie
Obediah Parker Goucher
Successor2:Henry Hicks
Party:Liberal

John Douglas McKenzie (December 1, 1889  - April 28, 1952) was an American-born businessman and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented the riding of Annapolis in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1933 to 1945 as a Liberal member.[1]

He was born in Gilby, North Dakota, the son of Alexander McKenzie and Isabella Douglas. McKenzie came to Canada in 1892 with his family and moved to Nova Scotia in 1914. In 1916, he married Sadie Walker. He was manager of a creamery in LaHave and opened his own creamery in Middleton in 1923. McKenzie was mayor of Middleton. He served on the province's Executive Council as Minister of Highways and Public Works from 1941 to 1945. He died in Barbados at the age of 62.

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  1. Web site: Electoral History for Annapolis. Nova Scotia Legislative Library. 2018-04-03. 2018-11-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20181108112821/https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/Annapolis.pdf. dead.