{{Short description|Canadian politician}} {{Distinguish|text=the Canadian businessman and politician Donald MacInnes}} {{Use Canadian English|date=March 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Donald MacInnis | image = Donald MacInnis.png | image_size = | caption = Official 1973 portrait | birth_date = 21 August 1918 | birth_place = Glace Bay, Nova Scotia | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2007|5|9|1918|8|21}} | death_place = Glace Bay | riding = Cape Breton South* | term_start = 10 June 1957 | term_end = 18 June 1962<ref name="MacInnis Parlinfo bio"> {{cite web|title=Parlinfo: Donald MacInnis|url=http://www.parl.gc.ca/Parlinfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=31f9003f-61b2-46f3-8583-3537e0560943&Language=E&MenuID=Lists.Members.aspx&MenuQuery=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.parl.gc.ca%2FParlinfo%2FLists%2FMembers.aspx%3FLanguage%3DE%26Parliament%3D273daed2-a22d-4d10-a29b-d2cdcd663202%26Riding%3D%26Name%3DMacInnis%26Party%3D96a941f1-72fc-4352-bb0a-13207a44cfb6%26Province%3D%26Gender%3D%26New%3DFalse%26Current%3DFalse%26First%3DFalse%26Picture%3DTrue%26Section%3DTrue%26ElectionDate%3D&Section=ALL|work=Parliament of Canada|publisher=Queen's Printer for Canada|accessdate=2012-10-02|location=Ottawa|df=dmy-all}}{{dead link|date=June 2022|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} </ref> | predecessor = Clarence Gillis (CCF) | successor = Malcolm MacInnis (NDP)<ref name="Malcolm MacInnis Parlinfo bio"> {{cite web |title = Parlinfo: Malcolm MacInnis |url = http://www.parl.gc.ca/parlinfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=EB1F264F-A92E-4BC5-A5DA-0AC8C84DBD5C&Language=E |work = Parliament of Canada |publisher = Queen's Printer for Canada |accessdate = 2012-10-02 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20130509175921/http://www.parl.gc.ca/ParlInfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=eb1f264f-a92e-4bc5-a5da-0ac8c84dbd5c&Language=E |archivedate = 9 May 2013 |location = Ottawa |url-status = dead |df = dmy-all }} </ref> | riding2 = Cape Breton South | term_start2 = 7 April 1963 | term_end2 = 25 June 1968 | predecessor2 = Malcolm MacInnis | successor2 = Electoral district dissolved | riding3 = Cape Breton—East Richmond | term_start3 = 25 June 1968 | term_end3 = May 1974 | predecessor3 = Electoral district established | successor3 = Andy Hogan (NDP) | office4 = Mayor for Glace Bay, Nova Scotia | term_start4 = 1988 | term_end4 = 1995 | predecessor4 = Bruce Allan Clark | successor4 = Position dissolved. | profession = Miner | party = Progressive Conservative | footnotes = * All federal election dates and info from Parliament of Canada biography | website = }}
'''Donald MacInnis''' (21 August 1918 – 9 May 2007) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia and became a coal miner by career.<ref name="CB Post Obit" />
He was first elected at the Cape Breton South riding in the 1957 general election, defeating the long-serving incumbent Co-operative Commonwealth Federation member of parliament Clarence Gillis, also a former miner. MacInnis defeated Gillis again in a rematch almost a year later in the 1958 general election, known as the "Diefenbaker Sweep." MacInnis remained a Member of Parliament throughout the 1960s and early 1970s except for the 25th Parliament when he was defeated in the riding by Malcolm Vic MacInnis of the New Democratic Party in the 1962 election. Since the 1968 election, MacInnis represented Cape Breton—East Richmond, one of the ridings which replaced the Cape Breton South electoral district in a boundary realignment.
After his term in the 29th Parliament ended in 1974, MacInnis left national office and did not campaign for another term.
From 1988, MacInnis served as the final mayor of Glace Bay, a municipality which was dissolved in 1995 and replaced by the Cape Breton Regional Municipality.<ref name="CB Post Obit"> {{cite news |first = Greg |last = McNeil |title = Donald MacInnis, last mayor of Glace Bay, dies |newspaper = Cape Breton Post |date = 11 May 2007 |url = http://www.capebretonpost.com/Living/People/2007-05-11/article-773547/Donald-MacInnis%2C-last-mayor-of-Glace-Bay%2C-dies/1 |accessdate = 2012-10-02 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20120814110657/http://www.capebretonpost.com/Living/People/2007-05-11/article-773547/Donald-MacInnis%2C-last-mayor-of-Glace-Bay%2C-dies/1 |archivedate = 14 August 2012 |url-status = live |df = dmy }} </ref>
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==External links== * {{Canadian Parliament links|ID=3531}}
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