MacInnis, Angus

MacINNIS, Angus, streetcar conductor, politician (b 2 Sept 1884, Glen William, PEI; d 2 Mar 1964, Vancouver). He came to BC in 1908 to work on an uncle's dairy farm on LULU ISLAND. Largely self-educated, he became a streetcar conductor in 1910 and later worked for the Street Railwaymen's Union (see STREET RAILWAY). He won election to the VANCOUVER school board in 1922, the beginning of a long political career. After serving on city council in 1926–30, he was federal MP for Vancouver East from...

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