McKinnon, is a Catholic, and along with her brothers and sisters, she attended Saint Kieran"s School in Manly Vale for primary education, and Stella Maris College-Manly for secondary education. McKinnon completed a Bachelor Communications degree at Charles Sturt University.
McKinnon began her career at Network Ten in Sydney, she then became a snow reporter at the ski resort Thredbo, New South Wales. She also worked at Radio 2XL Cooma, New South Wales, Radio FM 104.7 Canberra, WIN Television Orange NSW and Canberra and Radio 2UE Federal Parliament, before moving to Channel Seven Sydney where she worked as a news journalist for 5 years. She currently works for Channel Seven"s current affairs program Today Tonight.
McKinnon is also a columnist for small business publication, NETT# Magazine.
"Mr Speaker, I will be brief. I just want to make sure the record shows that this Assembly appreciates the services of Marguerite McKinnon.
She was dogged, fair and entertaining. She gave us a tough time and a good time, and she added an enormous amount to the quality of media representation in this place.
lieutenant will be sad to see her go.
We wish Marguerite very well when she goes to 2UE. I would like the record to show that every member in this chamber will miss her smiling face at the camera."
McKinnon received a police citation for bravery in 2003, for trying to help save two men trapped in a burning car. Sadly both died. In 2007 she helped rescue a drowning American tourist, from Boston, caught in a rip current in the waters of Manly Beach. McKinnon resigned from Channel Seven in June 2009 - prior to getting married and moving to the country.
Marguerite continued her journalism in a senior role with WIN Television and is now a freelance writer for several business and lifestyle magazines.
She is an ambassador for Life Changing Experiences mentoring program, member of the Cancer Council, and a regular blood, platelets and plasma donor.
