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Stewart Donald McInnes (July 24, 1937 – October 3, 2015) was a Canadian lawyer, arbitrator and federal politician.
The Honourable Stewart McInnes | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Halifax | |
| In office 1984–1988 | |
| Preceded by | Gerald Regan |
| Succeeded by | Mary Clancy |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Stewart Donald McInnes July 24, 1937 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Died | October 3, 2015 (aged 78) Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Education
editIn 1954, while studying at Dalhousie University, he became a brother in the Sigma Chi fraternity, who later named him a Significant Sig.[1]
Law career
editFrom 1961 to 1999, McInnes was a senior partner in the Halifax, Nova Scotia law firm of McInnes Cooper, and appeared before the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, the Federal Court of Canada and the Supreme Court of Canada. He also served as the president of the Nova Scotia branch of the Canadian Bar Association from 1983 to 1984.
Political career
editIn the 1984 general election, he was elected to the House of Commons of Canada as the Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament for Halifax, defeating Liberal Cabinet minister and former Premier of Nova Scotia Gerald Regan.[2]
In 1985, he was appointed to Prime Minister Brian Mulroney's cabinet as Minister of Supply and Services.[3] From 1986 until 1988, he concurrently held the positions of Minister of Public Works and Minister responsible for CMHC.[4]
McInnes was defeated in the 1988 federal election by Liberal Mary Clancy due, in part, to the unpopularity of the Canada–United States Free Trade Agreement in Atlantic Canada.[5][6] He returned to his law practice full-time.
After politics
editHe was a certified arbitrator and mediator and focused professionally in those areas after leaving politics. McInnes served as Director of the Arbitration and Mediation Institute of Canada from 1993 to 1995 and as director of the Atlantic Arbitration and Mediation Institute from 1993 to 1994. In 1996, he was on the International Mediation Centre’s advisory board, and in 1999, he was a panel member of the Canadian Foundation for Dispute Resolution. He has lectured and written extensively on the topic of mediation and arbitration.
After leaving the House of Commons, McInnes remained active in politics as a fundraiser for the Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia.
McInnes died on October 3, 2015.[7]
Archives
editThere is a Stewart McInnes fonds at Library and Archives Canada.[8]
Electoral record
edit| 1988 Canadian federal election: Halifax | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Mary Clancy | 22,470 | 43.00 | +8.64 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Stewart McInnes | 19,840 | 37.97 | -6.81 | ||||
| New Democratic | Ray Larkin | 9,269 | 17.74 | -2.71 | ||||
| Libertarian | Howard J. MacKinnon | 292 | 0.56 | |||||
| Communist | Miguel Figueroa | 151 | 0.29 | |||||
| Independent | Tony Seed | 134 | 0.26 | |||||
| Commonwealth of Canada | J. Basil MacDougall | 94 | 0.18 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 52,250 | 100.00 | ||||||
| 1984 Canadian federal election: Halifax | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Stewart McInnes | 18,779 | 44.78 | +6.20 | ||||
| Liberal | Gerald Regan | 14,411 | 34.36 | -7.27 | ||||
| New Democratic | Tessa Hebb | 8,576 | 20.45 | +0.78 | ||||
| Independent | Ignatius Kennedy | 174 | 0.41 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 41,940 | 100.00 | ||||||
References
edit- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-28. Retrieved 2010-11-01.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Tory tide claims 25 seats of 32 in Atlantic region". The Globe and Mail. September 5, 1984.
- ^ "PM shuffles problems aside, boosts image in Maritimes". The Globe and Mail. August 21, 1985.
- ^ "Mulroney fires 4 ministers in mid-term cabinet shuffle". The Globe and Mail. July 1, 1986.
- ^ "Liberals' red tide sweeps Atlantic provinces". The Globe and Mail. November 22, 1988.
- ^ "Atlantic tide turns Liberal 2 ministers go down to defeat". Toronto Star. November 22, 1988.
- ^ "Lawyer and former politician Stewart McInnes dies at 78". The Chronicle Herald. October 4, 2015. Retrieved 2015-10-04.
- ^ "Stewart McInnes fonds, Library and Archives Canada". 25 November 2016. Retrieved 2020-09-16.