David MacKeen

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The Hon. David MacKeen
The Hon. David MacKeen

David MacKeen (20 September 183913 November 1916) was a Canadian surveyor, mine manager, politician, and lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia.

He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons for the riding of Cape Breton in the 1887 federal election. A Conservative, he was re-elected in the 1891 election. He was summoned to the Canadian Senate in 1896 representing the senatorial division of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. He resigned in 1915 when he was appointed lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia. He died in office in 1916.

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