John James Kinley,
ONS,
CD, SM,
P.ENG., FCAE, FEIC (born 23 September 1925 in
Lunenburg) is a
Canadian engineer, industrialist and the
28th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia since confederation.
Kinley was appointed by the
Governor General, on the advice of Prime Minister
Jean Chrétien, in May 1994. He was installed at a public ceremony at the World Trade and Convention Center in
Halifax, Nova Scotia on June 23, 1994. He was sworn into office by Premier
John Savage, Chief Justice Lorne Clarke and federal representatives for Governor General
Ramon Hnatyshyn.
Kinley is an engineering graduate of
Dalhousie University,
Nova Scotia Technical College and
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has practiced professional engineering in business and the community for more than 50 years in executive positions at Lunenburg Foundry & Engineering Co. Ltd. and Lunenburg Marine Railway. He is the Honorary Chair for Life of the Nova Scotia Branch of the Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters, a former chair the Offshore Trade Association of Nova Scotia and a former director of the Canadian Foundry Association.
Kinley has served in a number of military offices. He served in the
Canadian Merchant Marine and
Royal Canadian Navy and in Canada's Naval Reserve and Retired as Lieutenant Commander in 1958. He is a former president of Branch #23,
Royal Canadian Legion in Lunenburg, former president of the
Navy League of Canada, Honorary Colonel of the #14 Airfield Engineering Squadron,
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