James Angus MacKinnon

The Hon. James Angus MacKinnon

Member of the Canadian Parliament for Edmonton West
In office 1935–1949
Preceded by	Charles Stewart
Succeeded by	George Prudham
Senator for Edmonton, Alberta
In office 1949–1958
Appointed by	Louis St. Laurent
Personal details
Born	(1881-10-04)October 4, 1881 Port Elgin, Ontario
Died	April 18, 1958(1958-04-18) (aged 76)
Political party	Liberal
Cabinet	Minister Without Portfolio Minister of Trade and Commerce Minister of National Revenue (Acting) Minister of Fisheries Minister of Mines and Resources

James Angus MacKinnon, PC (October 4, 1881 – April 18, 1958) was a Canadian politician.

Born in Port Elgin, Ontario, he was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons representing the riding of Edmonton West in the 1935 federal election. A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1940 and 1945. He held many cabinet positions in the cabinets of Mackenzie King and Louis Stephen St-Laurent including Minister without Portfolio, Minister of Trade and Commerce, Minister of National Revenue (Acting), Minister of Fisheries, and Minister of Mines and Resources. In 1949, he was called to the Canadian Senate representing the senatorial division of Edmonton, Alberta. From 1949 to 1950, while a senator, he was a Minister without Portfolio in the cabinet of Louis Stephen St-Laurent.

He died in office in 1958. He married Irene Sharpe from Prince Edward Island and had one adopted daughter, Keltie. She died on October 31, 1968, leaving her husband Denis Slattery, and five children, Sandy White (née Slattery), Gayle Slattery, John Slattery, Jim Slattery and Ann Varsegi (née Slattery).

References

James Angus MacKinnon – Parliament of Canada biography

Ministers of Fisheries and Oceans

Ministers of Marine and Fisheries (1867–1930)¹	Mitchell Smith Pope McLelan Foster Tupper Costigan Davies Sutherland Préfontaine Laurier (acting) Brodeur Lemieux Hazen Ballantyne Lapointe Cardin Black (acting) Patenaude (acting) Cardin (acting)

Ministers of Marine (1930–1936)²	Cardin Duranleau Gendron Howe

Ministers of Fisheries (1930–1969)	Macmillan Rhodes Duranleau (acting) Stirling (acting) Ernst Michaud Bertrand Bridges Bertrand (acting) Gregg MacKinnon Mayhew Sinclair MacLean Robichaud Davis

Minister of Fisheries and Forestry (1969–1971)	Davis

Ministers of the Environment (1971–1976)³	Davis Sauvé LeBlanc (acting) Marchand LeBlanc (acting)

Ministers of State (Fisheries) (1974–1976)	LeBlanc

Minister of Fisheries and the Environment (1976–1979)	LeBlanc

Ministers of Fisheries and Oceans (1979–2015)	LeBlanc McGrath LeBlanc de Bané Breau Fraser Nielsen Siddon Valcourt Crosbie Reid Tobin Dingwall (acting) Mifflin Anderson Dhaliwal Thibault Regan Hearn Shea Ashfield Shea

Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard (2015–)	Tootoo

¹The office of Minister of Marine and Fisheries was abolished and the offices of Minister of Fisheries and Minister of Marine were created in 1930 ²The offices of Minister of Marine and Minister of Railways and Canals were abolished and the office of Minister of Transport was created in 1936 ³From 1971 to 1976 the Minister of the Environment was also the Minister of Fisheries.

Ministers of National Revenue

Ministers of Customs and Inland Revenue (1918–1921)	Sifton Reid (acting) Burrell Wigmore

Ministers of Customs and Excise (1921–1927)	Wigmore Baxter Bureau Boivin Stevens Euler

Ministers of National Revenue (1927–present)	Euler Ryckman Matthews Lawson Ilsley Gibson MacKinnon (acting) D. MacLaren MacKinnon (acting) McCann Nowlan Flemming Garland McIlraith Benson Chrétien Côté Gray Stanbury Basford Cullen Bégin Guay Abbott Baker Rompkey Bussières R. MacLaren Beatty MacKay Jelinek Turner Anderson Stewart Dhaliwal Cauchon Caplan Keyes McCallum Skelton O'Connor Blackburn Ashfield Shea Findlay Lebouthillier

Ministers of International Trade

Ministers of Trade and Commerce (1892–1969)	Mackenzie Bowell William Bullock Ives John Costigan (acting) William Bullock Ives Richard John Cartwright George Eulas Foster Henry Herbert Stevens James Alexander Robb Thomas Andrew Low James Alexander Robb (acting) Henry Herbert Stevens (acting) James Dew Chaplin James Malcolm Henry Herbert Stevens Richard Burpee Hanson William Daum Euler James Angus MacKinnon Clarence Decatur Howe Gordon Churchill George Harris Hees Malcolm Wallace McCutcheon Mitchell William Sharp Robert Henry Winters Jean-Luc Pépin (acting) Charles Mills Drury Jean-Luc Pépin

Ministers of Industry (1963–1969)	Charles Mills Drury Jean-Luc Pépin

Ministers of Industry, Trade and Commerce (1969–1983)	Jean-Luc Pépin Alastair William Gillespie Donald Campbell Jamieson Joseph Jacques Jean Chrétien John Henry Horner Robert de Cotret Herbert Eser Gray Edward Lumley

Minister of State for International Trade (1979–1980)	Michael Wilson

Minister of State (Trade) (1980–1982)	Edward Lumley

Ministers of State (International Trade) (1982–1983)	Edward Lumley Gerald Regan

Ministers of International Trade (1983–)	Gerald Regan Francis Fox James Francis Kelleher Patricia Carney John Carnell Crosbie Michael Wilson Thomas Hockin Roy MacLaren Art Eggleton Sergio Marchi Pierre Pettigrew Jim Peterson David Emerson Michael Fortier Stockwell Day Peter Van Loan Ed Fast Chrystia Freeland

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