David MacKeen was a Canadian

Canada

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 surveyor, mine manager, politician, and the tenth Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia.

Born in Mabou

Mabou, Nova Scotia

Mabou -Mȧbu is a small Canadian rural community located in Inverness County on the west coast of Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Island. The population in 2001 was 1,289 residents....

, he was elected to the Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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 for the riding of Cape Breton

Cape Breton (electoral district)

Cape Breton was a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1904. It was created as part of the British North America Act in 1867....

 in the 1887 federal election

Canadian federal election, 1887

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. A Conservative

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, he was re-elected in the 1891 election

Canadian federal election, 1891

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. He was summoned to the Canadian Senate

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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.