{{short description|Canadian politician}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{use mdy dates|date=June 2022}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = <!-- only free-content images are allowed for depicting living people - see WP:NONFREE --> | name = Ed Kinley | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=CAN|ONS|size=100%}} | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1932|01|16}} | birth_place = Halifax, Nova Scotia | death_date = {{Death date and age|2015|01|19|1932|01|16}} | death_place = Halifax, Nova Scotia | office2 = MLA for Halifax Citadel | term_start2 = November 4, 1997 | term_end2 = March 24, 1998 | predecessor2 = Terry Donahoe | successor2 = Peter Delefes | party = Liberal | occupation = surgeon }}
'''Cecil Edwin Kinley''' {{post-nominals|country=CAN|ONS}} (January 16, 1932 – January 19, 2015) was a Canadian politician and heart surgeon. He represented the electoral district of Halifax Citadel in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from November 1997 to March 1998. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nslegislature.ca/pdfs/about/ConstituencyHistories/halifax%20citadel-sable%20island.pdf |title=Electoral History for Halifax Citadel |publisher=Nova Scotia Legislative Library |accessdate=December 25, 2015 |archive-date=August 23, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170823045049/http://nslegislature.ca/pdfs/about/ConstituencyHistories/halifax%20citadel-sable%20island.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Early life and career== Born in 1932 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Kinley graduated with a medical degree from Dalhousie University in 1956.<ref name="Kinley">{{cite web|url=http://obits.dignitymemorial.com/dignity-memorial/obituary.aspx?n=Dr.+Cecil+E.-Kinley+Jr.+%27Ed%27&lc=3004&pid=173924759&mid=6288561|title=Dr. Cecil E. Kinley Jr.|accessdate=December 25, 2015 }}</ref> He married Sara Jane Hawk.<ref name="Kinley"/> In 1963, Kinley joined the Dalhousie Surgery Department, where he practiced until 1998.<ref name="Order of Nova Scotia recipient">{{cite web |url=https://novascotia.ca/iga/2013recipients.asp |title=Order of Nova Scotia: Recipients–2013|publisher=Government of Nova Scotia|accessdate=December 25, 2015}}</ref> Considered to be a pioneer in the cardiovascular surgery field, Kinley performed the first adult open heart surgery and coronary bypass in Nova Scotia.<ref name="Kinley dies">{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/dr-ed-kinley-medical-pioneer-dies-at-83-1.2926816|title=Dr. Ed Kinley, medical pioneer, dies at 83|publisher=CBC News|date=January 21, 2015|accessdate=December 25, 2015}}</ref> Kinley started the cardiac surgery program at the IWK Children's Hospital and adult cardiac surgery at the Victoria General Hospital.<ref name="Order of Nova Scotia article">{{cite web|url=http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/1170356-peace-educator-among-five-to-receive-order-of-nova-scotia|title=Peace educator among five to receive Order of Nova Scotia|work=The Chronicle Herald|date=November 27, 2013|accessdate=2023-11-09|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409065428/http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/1170356-peace-educator-among-five-to-receive-order-of-nova-scotia|archivedate=April 9, 2016}}</ref> He also established the first cardiac intensive care unit in Atlantic Canada,<ref name="Order of Nova Scotia article"/> and implanted the first pacemaker in Atlantic Canada live on CBC Television.<ref name="Kinley dies"/>
==Political career== Kinley entered provincial politics in 1997, running as the Liberal candidate in a byelection for the Halifax Citadel riding.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?1997/11/04+257.raw+Politics|title=Vote big test for Liberals|work=The Chronicle Herald|date=November 4, 1997|accessdate=2015-12-25|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20000605111714/http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?1997%2F11%2F04+257.raw+Politics|archivedate=June 5, 2000|url-status=dead}}</ref> On November 4, 1997, he defeated NDP candidate Peter Delefes by 165 votes to win the byelection.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?1997/11/05+254.raw+Politics|title=Kinley edges Delefes in tight race|work=The Chronicle Herald|date=November 5, 1997|accessdate=2014-09-20|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20000606032435/http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?1997%2F11%2F05+254.raw+Politics|archivedate=June 6, 2000|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/By%20Election%201997.pdf|title=Return of By-elections for the House of Assembly 1997|publisher=Elections Nova Scotia|page=25|accessdate=2015-12-25}}</ref> In the 1998 election, initial results had Kinley losing to Delefes by 125 votes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?1998/03/25+248.raw+PE98Mar25+2|title=NDP takes metro|work=The Chronicle Herald|date=March 25, 1998|accessdate=2015-12-25|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050124004424/http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?1998%2F03%2F25+248.raw+PE98Mar25+2|archivedate=January 24, 2005|url-status=dead}}</ref> However, there was some confusion over the calculation of poll results and Delefes' margin of victory was reduced to 40 when official results were announced.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?1998/04/01+175.raw+PE98Apr1+2|title=Delefes still an MLA|work=The Chronicle Herald|date=April 1, 1998|accessdate=2015-12-25|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050123213500/http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?1998%2F04%2F01+175.raw+PE98Apr1+2|archivedate=January 23, 2005|url-status=dead}}</ref> A judicial recount was held on April 14, and Delefes was officially declared elected by 37 votes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?1998/04/15+155.raw+PE98Apr98+2|title=Recount confirms NDP win in Halifax Citadel|work=The Chronicle Herald|date=April 15, 1998|accessdate=2015-12-25|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050123225746/http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?1998%2F04%2F15+155.raw+PE98Apr98+2|archivedate=January 23, 2005|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/Dist29.pdf|title=Election Returns, 1998 (Halifax Citadel)|publisher=Elections Nova Scotia|accessdate=2015-12-25}}</ref>
Kinley ran again in the 1999 election,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?1999/07/16+207.raw+PE99Jul16+2|title=Kinley, Delefes prepare for rubber match|work=The Chronicle Herald|date=July 16, 1999|accessdate=2015-12-25|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050124093005/http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?1999%2F07%2F16+207.raw+PE99Jul16+2|archivedate=January 24, 2005|url-status=dead}}</ref> but finished third as Progressive Conservative Jane Purves won the seat, defeating Delefes by 434 votes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/99HLFXCIT.pdf|title=Election Returns, 1999 (Halifax Citadel)|publisher=Elections Nova Scotia|accessdate=2015-12-25}}</ref> In April 2000, Kinley was elected president of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ns-liberals-choose-new-president-1.248182|title=NS Liberals choose new president|publisher=CBC News|date=April 3, 2000|accessdate=2015-12-25}}</ref>
==Later life== Following his political career, Kinley continued to assist during major surgeries, while performing some smaller surgeries until his retirement at age 76.<ref>{{cite news|last=Martin|first=Samantha|title=N.S. adds age assessments|work=Medical Post|date=April 8, 2014}}</ref> In 2013, Kinley was a recipient of the Order of Nova Scotia.<ref name="Order of Nova Scotia recipient"/><ref name="Order of Nova Scotia article"/>
Kinley died on January 19, 2015.<ref name="Kinley dies"/>
==References== {{Reflist|2}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kinley, Ed}} Category:1932 births Category:2015 deaths Category:Dalhousie University alumni Category:Members of the Order of Nova Scotia Category:Nova Scotia Liberal Party MLAs Category:Politicians from Halifax, Nova Scotia Category:20th-century members of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly