Background
McKINNEY, James was born on June 28, 1925 in New Brunswick. Son of George Melbourne and Margaret Jane McKinney.
McKINNEY, James was born on June 28, 1925 in New Brunswick. Son of George Melbourne and Margaret Jane McKinney.
Dalhousie University.
Joined Department External Affairs 1949, posted Belgrade 1951-1954. Charge d’Affaires, Djakarta 1957, First Secretary, later Counsellor, Copenhagen 1959, Ottawa 1962-1966. High Commissioner, Trinidad and Tobago and Barbados, Canadian Commander to West Indies Association States 1966-1969.
Ambassador and Permanent
Representative to Organisation for Economic Company-operation and Development 1969-1972. Minister, Embassy, Washington 1972-1977. Director-General Bureau of United States Affairs, Department, of External Affairs, Ottawa 1977.
Assistant Under-Secretary of State for External Affairs 1980-1982.
Ambassador to Mexico 1982-1985.
Married Chloe Constance MacLeod in 1955.