death_date predecessor successor birth_place party office birth_date term_start article_title term_end name occupation
13 march 1990 colin h. chisholm bill gillis antigonish , nova scotia progressive conservative mla for antigonish 19 december 1919 1956 william f. mackinnon
 1970 william f. mackinnon radio news editor
william f. mackinnon

william francis mackinnon -lrb- december 19 , 1919 -- march 13 , 1990 -rrb- was a canadian politician .
he represented the electoral district of antigonish in the nova scotia house of assembly from 1956 to 1970 .
he was a member of the progressive conservative party of nova scotia .
born in 1919 at antigonish , nova scotia , mackinnon was a graduate of st. francis xavier university .
he married agnes campbell , and was a radio news editor by career .
mackinnon entered provincial politics in the 1956 election , defeating liberal cabinet minister colin h. chisholm by 215 votes in the antigonish riding .
he was re-elected in the 1960 , 1963 , and 1967 elections .
mackinnon did not reoffer in the 1970 election .
mackinnon died on march 13 , 1990 .
