1. Ian McKinnon went on to Victoria University of Wellington, where he graduated with a BCom, and The University of Auckland, where he was awarded a DipEd.
13 Facts About Ian McKinnon
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Ian McKinnon has been Headmaster of a number of prominent private schools in New Zealand, including Wanganui Collegiate School, and Scots College.
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Ian McKinnon was Lower Master at Eton College in the UK from 1988.
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Ian McKinnon was appointed Chairman of the Correspondence School and until its merger with Victoria University of Wellington was Chairman of the Council of the Wellington College of Education.
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Ian McKinnon is on the University Council of Victoria University of Wellington, after being Chancellor for a number of years.
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In 2004 Ian McKinnon was elected to the Wellington City Council for the Lambton Ward.
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Ian McKinnon served as Deputy Mayor of Wellington from 2007 until 2013 first under Kerry Prendergast then Celia Wade-Brown.
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Ian McKinnon retired from the city council at the 2013 local government elections, and was succeeded by Justin Lester as Deputy Mayor.
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In 2019 Ian McKinnon announced that he would not be standing for re-election to the Wellington Regional Council, on which he has been a councillor since 2016.
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In 1990, Ian McKinnon was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal, and in the 1991 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was appointed a Companion of the Queen's Service Order for community service.
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Ian McKinnon was made a Freeman of the City of London in 1992, and is a justice of the peace.
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Ian McKinnon's father was Chief of General Staff, Major General Walter Ian McKinnon, CB, CBE.
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The Ian McKinnon brothers are great-great-grandsons of John Plimmer, known as the father of Wellington.