Honorific-Prefix: | The Honourable |
Allan McKinnon | |
Office: | Minister of National Defence |
Primeminister: | Joe Clark |
Term Start: | 4 June 1979 |
Term End: | 2 March 1980 |
Predecessor: | Barney Danson |
Successor: | Gilles Lamontagne |
Office1: | Minister of Veterans Affairs |
Primeminister1: | Joe Clark |
Term Start1: | 4 June 1979 |
Term End1: | 2 March 1980 |
Predecessor1: | Daniel J. MacDonald |
Successor1: | Daniel J. MacDonald |
Riding2: | Victoria |
Parliament2: | Canadian |
Term Start2: | 30 October 1972 |
Term End2: | 20 November 1988 |
Predecessor2: | David Groos |
Successor2: | John Brewin |
Birth Name: | Allan Bruce McKinnon |
Birth Date: | 11 January 1917 |
Birth Place: | Canora, Saskatchewan, Canada |
Death Place: | Victoria, British Columbia, Canada |
Profession: | Teacher |
Party: | Progressive Conservative |
Branch: | Canadian Army |
Serviceyears: | 1939-1945 |
Rank: | Major |
Allan Bruce McKinnon (11 January 1917 – 19 September 1990) was a Canadian politician.
Born in Canora, Saskatchewan, he served with the Royal Canadian Artillery and was officer with the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry. In 1945, he was awarded the Military Cross. After the war, he remained in the Canadian Army. He retired with the rank of major in 1965 and settled in Victoria, British Columbia. He then taught at Sangster Elementary School in Colwood. From 1968 to 1972, he was a trustee and later chairman of the Victoria School Board.
McKinnon was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1972 federal election as the Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament for Victoria, British Columbia. He was re-elected on four successive occasions, and served from 1979 to 1980 as Minister of National Defence and Minister of Veterans Affairs in the short-lived minority government of Joe Clark.
McKinnon retired from politics at the 1988 federal election. He died at Royal Jubilee Hospital in Victoria, British Columbia in 1990 due to cancer.[1]