Career
He represented Grey South in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1891 to 1894 as a Liberal member. He was born in Campbeltown, Argyleshire in 1845 and came to Canada West in 1855. He owned a general store and was also president of the G. B. & West. Railway.
McKechnie represented Durham Township on the council for Grey County from 1877 to 1884 and in 1887.
He was elected to the provincial assembly in an 1891 by-election held after the death of James Hill Hunter. McKechnie was unsuccessful in a bid for reelection in 1894.
He died on December 21, 1930.
