Murdoch MacKinnon explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honourable
Murdoch MacKinnon
Order:11th
Office:Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island
Term Start:September 2, 1919
Term End:September 8, 1924
Predecessor:Augustine Colin Macdonald
Successor:Frank Richard Heartz
Governor General:The Duke of Devonshire
The Lord Byng of Vimy
Premier:Aubin E. Arsenault
John Howatt Bell
James D. Stewart
Office4:MLA (Councillor) for 4th Kings
Predecessor4:George Aitken
Successor4:William G. Sutherland
Term Start4:July 28, 1897
Term End4:July 24, 1919
Birth Date:15 March 1865
Birth Place:Brooklyn, Kings County, Prince Edward Island Colony
Death Place:Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Nationality:Canadian
Party:Conservative
Children:Francis
Residence:Brooklyn, Kings County, Prince Edward Island
Alma Mater:Prince of Wales College
Occupation:Farmer
Profession:Politician
Cabinet:Commissioner of Agriculture (1911-1917)
Provincial Secretary Treasurer (1911-1917)

Murdoch MacKinnon (March 15, 1865  - October 12, 1944) was a Canadian politician and served as the 11th Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island.

MacKinnon was born in Brooklyn, Prince Edward Island to parents of Scottish descent, Lauchlin MacKinnon and Mary MacDonald. He received his higher education from Prince of Wales College and then became a farmer. On October 21, 1914, he married Perle Beecher Taylor, and together they had one son.

In the July 28, 1897 General Elections, MacKinnon was elected to represent the Conservative Party in the 4th Kings District in the Provincial Legislature. From that point until the 1919 General Elections, MacKinnon was continuously re-elected and retained his seat in the Legislature. Between 1911 and 1919, he served as Commissioner of Agriculture and Provincial Secretary Treasurer in the provincial cabinet.

On September 8, 1919, Murdoch MacKinnon was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island and served in that capacity until 1924. He is best known for making constitutional history in the province in 1923 for refusing his assent to the Church Union Bill. He died in Charlottetown.

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