Donald P. McInnes

McInnes was the president of the Nova Scotia Holstein Association and the Nova Scotia Milk & Cream Producers.^[3] McInnes was also a director and manager for the Pictou County Farmer's Mutual Fire Insurance Company.^[3] In 2002, McInnes was inducted into the Atlantic Agricultural Hall of Fame.^[3]

McInnes entered provincial politics in 1978, defeating Liberal cabinet minister Dan Reid by 153 votes in the Pictou West riding.^[4] He was re-elected in the 1981,^[5] and 1984 elections.^[6] In April 1988, McInnes was appointed to the Executive Council of Nova Scotia as Minister of the Environment.^[7][8] He was re-elected in the 1988 election,^[9] and was moved to Minister of Fisheries in a post-election cabinet shuffle.^[10] When Donald Cameron took over as premier in February 1991, McInnes served as Minister of Transportation and Communications,^[11] and later as Minister of Agriculture and Marketing.^[3] In the 1993 election, the Progressive Conservatives were reduced to nine seats, losing government to the Liberals,^[12] however in Pictou West, McInnes was re-elected by almost 700 votes.^[13][14] McInnes did not reoffer in the 1998 election.^[15]

McInnes died in New Glasgow on August 10, 2015, at the age of 81.^[16][17][18]

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