Stewart McInnes

The Honourable
Stewart McInnes
PC, QC
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; July 24, 1937; Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died	October 3, 2015 (aged 78); Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Political 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 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 law firm of 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 branch of the Canadian Bar Association from 1983 to 1984.

Political career

In the 1984 general election, he was elected to the House of Commons of Canada as the Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament for Halifax, defeating Liberal Cabinet minister and former Premier of Nova Scotia Gerald Regan.^[2]

In 1985, he was appointed to Prime Minister Brian Mulroney's cabinet as Minister of Supply and Services.^[3] From 1986 until 1988, he concurrently held the positions of Minister of Public Works and Minister responsible for CMHC.^[4]

McInnes was defeated in the 1988 federal election by Liberal Mary Clancy due, in part, to the unpopularity of the Canada–United States Free Trade Agreement in 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.

McInnes died on October 3, 2015.^[7]

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	-6.81
	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

v t e 1984 Canadian federal election: Halifax
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Stewart McInnes	18,779	44.78	+6.20
	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	100.00

References

^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-28. Retrieved 2010-11-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Tory tide claims 25 seats of 32 in Atlantic region". The Globe and Mail. September 5, 1984.
^ "PM shuffles problems aside, boosts image in Maritimes". The Globe and Mail. August 21, 1985.
^ "Mulroney fires 4 ministers in mid-term cabinet shuffle". The Globe and Mail. July 1, 1986.
^ "Liberals' red tide sweeps Atlantic provinces". The Globe and Mail. November 22, 1988.
^ "Atlantic tide turns Liberal 2 ministers go down to defeat". Toronto Star. November 22, 1988.
^ "Lawyer and former politician Stewart McInnes dies at 78". The Chronicle Herald. October 4, 2015. Retrieved 2015-10-04.
^ "Stewart McInnes fonds, Library and Archives Canada". 25 November 2016. Retrieved 2020-09-16.

External links

Stewart McInnes – Parliament of Canada biography

[1] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-28. Retrieved 2010-11-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[2] "Tory tide claims 25 seats of 32 in Atlantic region". The Globe and Mail. September 5, 1984.

[3] "PM shuffles problems aside, boosts image in Maritimes". The Globe and Mail. August 21, 1985.

[4] "Mulroney fires 4 ministers in mid-term cabinet shuffle". The Globe and Mail. July 1, 1986.

[5] "Liberals' red tide sweeps Atlantic provinces". The Globe and Mail. November 22, 1988.

[6] "Atlantic tide turns Liberal 2 ministers go down to defeat". Toronto Star. November 22, 1988.

[7] "Lawyer and former politician Stewart McInnes dies at 78". The Chronicle Herald. October 4, 2015. Retrieved 2015-10-04.

[8] "Stewart McInnes fonds, Library and Archives Canada". 25 November 2016. Retrieved 2020-09-16.

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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.