Donald Alexander MacKinnon [SEP] position held
Donald Alexander MacKinnon
Donald Alexander MacKinnon (22 February 1863 – 20 April 1928) was a Canadian teacher, lawyer, politician, author, and the eighth Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island from 1904 to 1910.
Born in Uigg, Prince Edward Island, the son of William and Catherine Nicholson Mackinnon, MacKinnon attended Uigg grammar school and started teaching when he was 14. He later received a first-class teaching licence from the Prince of Wales College in Charlottetown. In 1882, he started articling with the Charlottetown barrister
educated at the Wesleyan Academy and then entered his father's business. His brother William joined the business some time later. Prowse exported dried fish, canned lobsters and farm produce. In 1881, he married Williamina A. Kirkland. Prowse ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the provincial assembly in 1897 but defeated Donald Alexander MacKinnon in an 1899 by-election held after MacKinnon was named attorney general. Prowse died in office in 1925.
References.
- MacKinnon, DA & Warburton, AB "Past and Present of Prince Edward