{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2018}} {{Use British English|date=February 2018}} thumb|right|Aline Mackinnon '''Aline Mackinnon''' (30 October 1899<ref>''1939 England and Wales Register''</ref> – 1 January 1970) was a British radical feminist, Liberal Party politician and civil servant.
==Early life and education== Mackinnon was born in Hadley Wood, Middlesex, the third of four children born to Sir Percy Graham MacKinnon<ref>''The Times Guide to the House of Commons'', 1931</ref> and Mabel Lockett.<ref>''1911 England Census''</ref> She was educated at Newnham College, Cambridge and the University of Edinburgh, where she graduated with a Master of Arts.<ref>The Lady's Who's who, 1938</ref>
==Political career== In 1921 she attended the first Liberal Summer School.<ref>F. L. J. "Aline Mackinnon." ''Times'' [London, England] 10 Jan. 1970: 10. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 3 Nov. 2014.</ref> She was the Honorary Parliamentary Secretary to the Women's Liberal Federation.<ref>The Times Guide to the House of Commons, 1931</ref> She was selected as Liberal candidate for Holderness and came second; {{Election box begin | title=General Election 27 October 1931: Holderness<ref>British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Craig, F. W. S.</ref> Electorate 42,734 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Samuel Servington Savery |votes =21,560 |percentage =61.7 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = '''Miss Aline Mackinnon''' |votes =10,471 |percentage =30.0 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = J. L. Schulz |votes =2,927 |percentage =8.4 |change = }} {{Election box majority| |votes =11,089 |percentage =31.7 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes =34,958 |percentage =81.8 |change = }} {{Election box end}} She was Honorary Secretary of the Liberal Summer School.<ref>The great partnership, Women's Liberal Federation 1949</ref> She fought Holderness again in 1935, slightly reducing the Conservative majority; {{Election box begin |title=General Election, 14 November 1935: Holderness<ref>British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Craig, F. W. S.</ref> Electorate 57,466}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Samuel Servington Savery |votes =22,229 |percentage = 53.6 |change = -8.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = '''Miss Aline Mackinnon''' |votes =10,348 |percentage =24.9 |change =-5.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate =J. L. Schulz |votes =8,906 |percentage =21.5 |change =+13.1 }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 11,901 |percentage = 28.7 |change = -3.0 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 41,503 |percentage = 72.2 |change = -9.6 }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Conservative Party (UK) |swing = -1.5 }} {{Election box end}} She was given another opportunity to enter Parliament at the Holderness by-election on 15 February 1939. Despite the presence of a Labour candidate, she had some public support from prominent Labour people who supported the notion of a Popular Front.<ref>''In the year of Munich'' by Roy Douglas</ref> She had offered to withdraw if the Labour candidate withdrew in favour of an Independent Progressive candidate acceptable to both parties. {{Election box begin | title= 1939 Holderness by-election<ref>British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Craig, F. W. S.</ref> Electorate }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate =Joseph Gurney Braithwaite |votes =17,742 |percentage =39.4 |change =-14.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = '''Miss Aline Mackinnon''' |votes =11,590 |percentage =25.7 |change =+0.8 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate =J. L. Schulz |votes =9,629 |percentage =21.3 |change =-0.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate =Raleigh Chichester-Constable |votes =6,103 |percentage =13.5 |change =n/a }} {{Election box majority| |votes = |percentage = |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = |percentage = |change = }} {{Election box end}} Deprived by the outbreak of war of another attempt to be elected at Holderness, she retired from elective politics but continued to be active in the national party as a member of the Liberal Party Council,<ref>''Hull Daily Mail'', 19 May 1949</ref> and for the Women's Liberal Federation, serving as Vice-President.<ref>''Surrey Mirror'', 9 Dec 1949</ref> She was a civil servant from 1941 to 1947.<ref>''The great partnership'', Women's Liberal Federation 1949</ref> Her Women's Liberal colleague Frances Josephy described her as "very knowledgeable and a brilliant speaker with a pretty wit".<ref>F. L. J. "Aline Mackinnon." ''Times'' [London, England] 10 Jan. 1970: 10. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 3 Nov. 2014.</ref>
A keen skier and mountaineer, she died while on vacation in Austria, aged 70.<ref>{{cite news |title=Deaths |work=The Times |date= 3 January 1970|page=18 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Aline Mackinnon |work=The Times |date= 10 January 1970|page=10 }}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp50249/aline-mackinnon Portrait at the National Portrait Gallery]
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