Ewen Daniel Mackinnon was an Australia

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Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n politician. The son of state MLA Donald Mackinnon

Donald Mackinnon

Donald Mackinnon was an Australian politician.Born at Marida Yallock near Boorcan in Victoria to grazier David Mackinnon and Jane Kinross, both Scottish-born, he was educated at Geelong Grammar School, Melbourne University and New College, Oxford, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts...

, he was born in Melbourne

Melbourne

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 and educated at Geelong Grammar School

Geelong Grammar School

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 and then attended Oxford University. He returned to Australia as a grazier at Linton

Linton, Victoria

Linton is a town in Victoria, Australia off Glenelg Highway. It was first settled about 1840. The town was named after a pioneer family in an area. At the 2006 census, Linton had a population of 355. The Clarkesdale Bird Sanctuary lies to the south-east of the township, near Springdallah Creek.-...

 before becoming a company director and serving in the military 1938-43. In 1949, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives

Australian House of Representatives

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 as the Liberal

Liberal Party of Australia

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 for Wannon

Division of Wannon

The Division of Wannon is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Victoria. It is located in the south-west of the state, and encompasses most of the Western Region of the state. It adjoins the South Australian border in the west, and the Bass Strait coast in the south. The Division...

, but he was defeated in 1951. In 1953 he returned to the House as the member for Corangamite

Division of Corangamite

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, having been elected in the by-election that followed the death of Allan McDonald

Allan McDonald

Allan McKenzie McDonald, DFC was an Australian politician.-Early life:McDonald was born at Winchelsea, Victoria, the fourth child of contractor Allan McDonald and Elizabeth, née McKenzie. He attended Winchelsea State School and subsequently worked as a farm labourer and then farmer...

. In 1966, Mackinnon retired from politics, and in 1967 was appointed Ambassador to Argentina

Argentina

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; in 1968, while retaining the Argentinian position, he was also appointed Ambassador to Peru

Peru

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 and Uruguay

Uruguay

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. He held these positions until 1970. Mackinnon died in 1983.