CHA Tabard
Hart House
St. Bart's
Queen's Beasts
 MCKINNON† Gerald Allan LRHSC FSA Scot |
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MCKINNON† Gerald Allan LRHSC FSA Scot
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| Arms: | Vert two lightning flashes in saltire Or surmounted by a boar’s head erased holding in its mouth a deer’s shank bone Argent. |
| Crest: | A boar rampant proper bearing on its sinister arm a shield Vert charged with a quill pen bendwise Argent. |
| Motto: | IS FHEÀRR AN FHÌRINN NA ’N T-ÒR (Truth is better than gold) |
| Source: | Canadian Heraldic Authority, Ottawa. Septebmer 15, 2014. Vol VI, page 443. |
| Artist(s): | D. Robert Tunstall |
| Calligrapher(s): | Shirley Mangione |
| Symbolism Text: | The green field and the boar’s head holding a shankbone of a deer in its mouth are based on those of the chief of the MacKinnon clan. The lightning flashes allude to Mr. McKinnon’s service in electronics communications. The boar of the Clan McKinnon symbolizes Mr. McKinnon’s research into the clan’s history and that he has been appointed as a representative in Canada of the clan chief. The shield symbolizes Mr. McKinnon’s interest in heraldry and the quill pen his work in writing about the history of the clan. |