Glen McKinnon
Glen McKinnon (born 16 December 1937) is a Canadian educator and politician from Manitoba. He represented the federal electoral district of Brandon—Souris in the House of Commons of Canada from 1993 to 1997 as a member of the Liberal Party. He was elected in the 1993 Canadian federal election, then fell into third place behind Progressive Conservative candidate Rick Borotsik and Reform candidate Edward Agnew in the 1997 federal election. He previously ran as a Manitoba Liberal candidate in the 1990 provincial election, coming second to PC incumbent Jim Downey.
Born in Carberry, Manitoba, McKinnon resides in Virden, Manitoba. He was employed at for several years, serving as principal, football coach, and biology teacher. He and his wife Karen have three daughters.
Electoral history[]
1997 Canadian federal election: Brandon—Souris | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Progressive Conservative | Rick Borotsik | 13,216 | 35.59 | +13.18 | $51,629 | |||
Reform | Ed Agnew | 11,883 | 32.00 | +1.63 | $52,341 | |||
Liberal | Glen McKinnon | 6,583 | 17.73 | -15.27 | $33,249 | |||
New Democratic | Jennifer Howard | 4,983 | 13.42 | +1.56 | $12,213 | |||
Independent | Geoff Gorf Borden | 244 | 0.66 | $19 | ||||
Christian Heritage | Colin Atkins | 229 | 0.62 | -0.3 | $34 | |||
Total valid votes | 37,138 | 100.00 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 135 | |||||||
Turnout | 37,273 | 66.88 | ||||||
Electors on the lists | 55,735 | |||||||
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada. |
1993 Canadian federal election: Brandon—Souris | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Glen McKinnon | 12,130 | 33.00 | +2.3 | $34,664 | |||
Reform | Edward Agnew | 11,163 | 30.37 | +26.17 | $32,210 | |||
Progressive Conservative | Larry Maguire | 8,236 | 22.41 | -24.39 | $52,740 | |||
New Democratic | Ross C. Martin | 4,359 | 11.86 | -1.9 | $13,827 | |||
Christian Heritage | Abe Neufeld | 339 | 0.92 | -2.68 | $2,184 | |||
National | Eldon Obach | 336 | 0.91 | +0.91 | $5,524 | |||
Natural Law | Robert Roberts | 112 | 0.30 | $0 | ||||
Canada Party | George H. Armstrong | 82 | 0.22 | $0 | ||||
Total valid votes | 36,757 | 100.00 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 128 | |||||||
Turnout | 36,885 | 68.74 | ||||||
Electors on lists | 53,659 | |||||||
Source: Thirty-fifth General Election, 1993: Official Voting Results, Published by the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada. Financial figures taken from official contributions and expenses provided by Elections Canada. |
References[]
- 1937 births
- Liberal Party of Canada MPs
- Living people
- Manitoba Liberal Party candidates in Manitoba provincial elections
- Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Manitoba
- People from Carberry, Manitoba
- Manitoba politician stubs