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 district of Arthur-Virden 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 Virden Collegiate Institute 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
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
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

Glen McKinnon – Parliament of Canada biography

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