Glen McKinnon (born 16 December 1937) is a Canadian educator and politician from Manitoba. He represented the federal electoral district of Brandon—Souris in the House of Commons of Canada during the 35th Canadian Parliament, from 1993 to 1997, as a member of the Liberal Party. He was elected in the 1993 Canadian federal election, then fell into third place behind Progressive Conservative candidate Rick Borotsik and Reform candidate Edward Agnew in the 1997 federal election. He previously ran as a Manitoba Liberal candidate in the district of Arthur-Virden in the 1990 provincial election, coming second to PC incumbent Jim Downey.

Born in Carberry, Manitoba, McKinnon resides in Virden, Manitoba. He was employed at Virden Collegiate Institute for several years, serving as principal, football coach, and biology teacher. He and his wife Karen have three daughters.

Electoral history edit

1997 Canadian federal election: Brandon—Souris
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Progressive Conservative Rick Borotsik 13,216 35.59 +13.18 $51,629
Reform Ed Agnew 11,883 32.00 +1.63 $52,341
Liberal Glen McKinnon 6,583 17.73 -15.27 $33,249
New Democratic Jennifer Howard 4,983 13.42 +1.56 $12,213
Independent Geoff Gorf Borden 244 0.66 $19
Christian Heritage Colin Atkins 229 0.62 -0.3 $34
Total valid votes 37,138 100.00
Total rejected ballots 135
Turnout 37,273 66.88
Electors on the lists 55,735
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.
1993 Canadian federal election: Brandon—Souris
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Glen McKinnon 12,130 33.00 +2.3 $34,664
Reform Edward Agnew 11,163 30.37 +26.17 $32,210
Progressive Conservative Larry Maguire 8,236 22.41 -24.39 $52,740
New Democratic Ross C. Martin 4,359 11.86 -1.9 $13,827
Christian Heritage Abe Neufeld 339 0.92 -2.68 $2,184
National Eldon Obach 336 0.91 +0.91 $5,524
Natural Law Robert Roberts 112 0.30 $0
Canada Party George H. Armstrong 82 0.22 $0
Total valid votes 36,757 100.00
Total rejected ballots 128
Turnout 36,885 68.74
Electors on lists 53,659
Source: Thirty-fifth General Election, 1993: Official Voting Results, Published by the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada. Financial figures taken from official contributions and expenses provided by Elections Canada.

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