# Stewart McInnes

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The Honourable Stewart McInnes PC, QC Member of Parliament for Halifax In office 1984–1988 Preceded by Gerald Regan Succeeded by Mary Clancy Personal details Born Stewart Donald McInnes (1937-07-24)July 24, 1937 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Died October 3, 2015(2015-10-03) (aged 78) Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Party Progressive Conservative Profession Lawyer

**Stewart Donald McInnes** (July 24, 1937 – October 3, 2015) was a Canadian lawyer, arbitrator and federal politician.

## Education

In 1954, while studying at Dalhousie University, he became a brother in the [Sigma Chi](/source/Sigma_Chi) fraternity, who later named him a Significant Sig.[1]

## Law career

From 1961 to 1999, McInnes was a senior partner in the [Halifax, Nova Scotia](/source/Halifax%2C_Nova_Scotia) law firm of [McInnes Cooper](/source/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](/source/Nova_Scotia) branch of the Canadian Bar Association from 1983 to 1984.

## Political career

In the [1984 general election](/source/1984_Canadian_federal_election), he was elected to the [House of Commons of Canada](/source/House_of_Commons_of_Canada) as the [Progressive Conservative](/source/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Canada) [Member of Parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament_(Canada)) for [Halifax](/source/Halifax_(federal_electoral_district)), defeating [Liberal](/source/Liberal_Party_of_Canada) [Cabinet](/source/Cabinet_of_Canada) minister and former [Premier of Nova Scotia](/source/Premier_of_Nova_Scotia) [Gerald Regan](/source/Gerald_Regan).[2]

In 1985, he was appointed to [Prime Minister](/source/Prime_Minister_of_Canada) [Brian Mulroney](/source/Brian_Mulroney)'s cabinet as [Minister of Supply and Services](/source/Minister_of_Supply_and_Services_(Canada)).[3] From 1986 until 1988, he concurrently held the positions of [Minister of Public Works](/source/Minister_of_Public_Works_(Canada)) and Minister responsible for [CMHC](/source/Canada_Mortgage_and_Housing_Corporation).[4]

McInnes was defeated in the [1988 federal election](/source/1988_Canadian_federal_election) by Liberal [Mary Clancy](/source/Mary_Clancy) due, in part, to the unpopularity of the [Canada–United States Free Trade Agreement](/source/Canada%E2%80%93United_States_Free_Trade_Agreement) in [Atlantic Canada](/source/Atlantic_Canada).[5][6] He returned to his law practice full-time.

## After politics

He 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](/source/Progressive_Conservative_Association_of_Nova_Scotia).

McInnes died on October 3, 2015.[7]

## Archives

There is a Stewart McInnes [fonds](/source/Fonds) at [Library and Archives Canada](/source/Library_and_Archives_Canada).[8]

## Electoral record

v t e 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 -6.80 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 Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +7.72

v t e 1984 Canadian federal election: Halifax Party Candidate Votes % ±% Progressive Conservative Stewart McInnes 18,779 44.78 +6.19 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 99.33 Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 285 0.67 +0.14 Turnout 42,225 76.38 +8.61 Eligible voters 55,286 Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +6.73

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Archived copy"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110728025018/http://www2.sigmachi.org/foundation/significant_sigs.phtml?strLetter=M&PHPSESSID=c81c3bb0d171a706ed52338a669b263d). Archived from [the original](http://www2.sigmachi.org/foundation/significant_sigs.phtml?strLetter=M&PHPSESSID=b04e7418cd1c9a052772ebe5077e972d) on 2011-07-28. Retrieved 2010-11-01.{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_archived_copy_as_title))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** "Tory tide claims 25 seats of 32 in Atlantic region". *The Globe and Mail*. September 5, 1984.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** "PM shuffles problems aside, boosts image in Maritimes". *The Globe and Mail*. August 21, 1985.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** "Mulroney fires 4 ministers in mid-term cabinet shuffle". *The Globe and Mail*. July 1, 1986.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** "Liberals' red tide sweeps Atlantic provinces". *The Globe and Mail*. November 22, 1988.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** "Atlantic tide turns Liberal 2 ministers go down to defeat". *Toronto Star*. November 22, 1988.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Lawyer and former politician Stewart McInnes dies at 78"](http://www.thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/1314860-lawyer-and-former-politician-stewart-mcinnes-dies-at-78). *The Chronicle Herald*. October 4, 2015. Retrieved 2015-10-04.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Stewart McInnes fonds, Library and Archives Canada"](http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=fonandcol&id=161539&lang=eng). 25 November 2016. Retrieved 2020-09-16.

## External links

- [Stewart McInnes – Parliament of Canada biography](https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/People/Profile?personId=2950)

v t e Cabinet of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney (1984–93) Brian Mulroney Harvie Andre Perrin Beatty André Bissonnette Pierre Blais Suzanne Blais-Grenier Benoît Bouchard Lucien Bouchard Pauline Browes Pierre Cadieux Kim Campbell Pat Carney Andrée Champagne Jean Charest Joe Clark Robert Coates Mary Collins Jean Corbeil Michel Côté David Crombie John Crosbie Marcel Danis Robert de Cotret Paul Dick Jake Epp John Fraser George Hees Ray Hnatyshyn Tom Hockin Otto Jelinek James Kelleher Roch La Salle Monique Landry Robert Layton Doug Lewis Gilles Loiselle Flora MacDonald Elmer MacKay Shirley Martin Marcel Masse Charles Mayer Don Mazankowski John McDermid Barbara McDougall Stewart McInnes Bill McKnight Walter McLean Thomas McMillan Gerald Merrithew Lowell Murray Jack Murta Erik Nielsen Frank Oberle Alan Redway Dufferin Roblin Tom Siddon Gerry St. Germain Sinclair Stevens Bernard Valcourt Monique Vézina Pierre H. Vincent Gerry Weiner Michael Wilson William Winegard John Wise

v t e Ministers of public works of Canada Public works (1867–1996) McDougall Langevin Mackenzie Tupper Langevin Smith Ouimet Desjardins Tarte Sutherland Hyman Pugsley Monk Rogers Ballantyne Carvell Reid (acting) Sifton Reid (acting) McCurdy Bostock King Perley Ryckman Elliott Stewart P. Cardin Michaud (acting) Fournier Harris (acting) Winters Green Walker Green (acting) Fulton Deschatelets L. Cardin McIlraith Laing Dubé Drury Buchanan Ouellet Nielsen Cosgrove LeBlanc Lapointe La Salle McInnes Jelinek (acting) MacKay Dick Dingwall Marleau1 Public works and government services (1996–2015) Marleau Gagliano Boudria Goodale Owen Brison Fortier Paradis Ambrose Finley Public services and procurement (2015–present) Foote Qualtrough Anand Tassi Jaczek Jean-Yves Duclos 1As part of substantial governmental reorganization, the position was merged with that of the minister of supply and services to create the position of Minister of Public Works and Government Services on July 12, 1995.

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