Hector McInnes
Canadian politician and lawyer from Nova Scotia (1860–1937)
Hector McInnes (September 10, 1860 – June 19, 1937) was a barrister and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Halifax County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1916 to 1920 as a Liberal Conservative member.
McInnes was born in 1860 at Brule, Nova Scotia to Lauchlin McInnes and Ann Fraser. He was educated at Pictou Academy and Dalhousie University, receiving an Bachelor of Laws in 1888, and was later appointed King's Counsel. He married Charlotte MacNeil on September 7, 1892. He served as president of the Eastern Trust Company and as a director of the Bank of Nova Scotia, the Dominion Steel Corporation, and the Nova Scotia Savings and Loan. McInnes died in 1937 at Halifax, Nova Scotia.
McInnes was elected in the 1916 Nova Scotia general election and did not contest the 1920 Nova Scotia general election. He was an unsuccessful Conservative candidate in the 1921 Canadian federal election for Halifax.
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Laurence, William H. (2016).
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