Allan Bruce McKinnon, P.C., M.C., C.D. (January 11 1917 - September 19 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 Canadian House of Commons 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.
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- "Allan McKinnon Former MP for Victoria served as defence minister", The Globe and Mail, September 21, 1990.
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| Preceded by David Walter Groos |
Member of Parliament for Victoria 1972-1988 |
Succeeded by John Brewin |
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| Ministers of Soldiers' Civil Re-establishment (1918-1928) | Lougheed · Manion · Béland · Elliott · Manion (acting) · Morand (acting) · Paquet · King |
| Ministers of Pensions and National Health (1928-1944) | King · Ralston · McLaren · Sutherland · Power · Mackenzie |
| Ministers of Veterans Affairs (1944-) | Mackenzie · Gregg · Lapointe · Brooks · Churchill · Lambert · Teillet · Dubé · Laing · MacDonald · McKinnon · MacDonald · Lamontagne (acting) · Campbell · Hees · Merrithew · Campbell · McCreath · Collenette · Young · Mifflin · Baker · Duhamel · Pagtakhan · McCallum · Guarnieri · Thompson |
