James Kinley

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For the Canadian senator, see John James Kinley.

John James Kinley, ONS, CD, SM, P.ENG., FCAE, FEIC (born 23 September 1925) is a Canadian engineer, industrialist and the 29th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia since confederation.

James Kinley was appointed by 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. James Kinley was sworn into office by Premier John Savage, Chief Justice Lorne Clarke and federal representatives for Governor General Ramon Hnatyshyn.

James Kinley is an engineering graduate of Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia Technical College and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. James Kinley 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. Kinley 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.

James 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, Canadian Air Force and the West Nova Scotia Regiment. He was appointed the first Grand President of The Nova Scotia Command, Royal Canadian Legion.

James Kinley is a long time resident of Lunenburg with his wife Grace Elizabeth (MacPherson) Kinley and have raised four children; Paula, Peter, Edward, Shona and are grandparents of nine grandchildren.

[edit] Honours

Sir John Kennedy Medal; Engineering Institute of Canada
Member of the Duke of Edinburgh's first Study Conference "Human Problems of Industrial Communities within the Commonwealth and Empire” Oxford in 1956, attended the 50th Anniversary Reunion at Buckingham Palace, London, May, 2006.
Fellow Engineering Institute of Canada
Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineers
Fellow of Canadian Society of Senior Engineers
Grand Commander of the Royal Norwegian Medal of Honour
Knight of Grace, Knight of Justice and Vice Prior Order of Saint John of Jerusalem