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.