Bruce MacKinnon Cartoonist, Bio, Wiki, Age, Wife, Salary, and Net Worth

Bruce MacKinnon Bio | Wiki

Bruce MacKinnon is a popular Canadian editorial cartoonist at the Halifax Chronicle-Herald and Saltwire Network. He is the receiver of many awards of excellence due to his work. Bruce started drawing a weekly cartoon for The Casket in Antigonish at the age of 14.

Furthermore, he took part in a panel discussion on political cartooning in Canada at the screening of Cartoonists: Foot Soldiers of Democracy carried out at the Reel Artists Film Festival on March 27, 2015. Some of his pictures have gotten wider attention, sometimes beyond Canada’s borders.

Bruce MacKinnon Age

Bruce was born in 1961, in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada. He is 62 years old.

Bruce MacKinnon Height

He is a man of average stature. Bruce stands at a height of 5 ft 8 in (Approx 1.72 m).

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MacKinnon’s Photo

Bruce MacKinnon Family

He was born in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, to his parents. Bruce holds Canadian nationality. As a youth, Michael also lived alongside his family in Kingston, Ontario, and Truro as well as Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Bruce MacKinnon Wife

Bruce is married to his wife Peggy a social media Jedi, creator, and operator of his Facebook and Twitter accounts. He creates the content and his wife Peggy puts it out there. The couple has two children, Robyn and Jamieson, and reside in Halifax.

Bruce MacKinnon Education

After completing his elementary school and high school education, Bruce went and learned arts at St. Francis Xavier University. He also learned Fine Arts at Mount Allison Campus as well as graphic design at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. Bruce had not graduated from NSCAD prior to commencing cartooning full-time.

Bruce MacKinnon Lady Justice Cartoon

In 2018, during the validated hearings for U.S. Supreme Court appointee Brett Kavanaugh that included a contentious sexual assail inspection, Bruce drew a cartoon showing Lady Justice being fiercely pinned to the floor and having her mouth closed by the hands of Republican men, imitating the account of Christine Blasey Ford. The picture was abundantly shared and also shown on protest signs.

Bruce MacKinnon Cartoonist | Cartoons | Chronicle Herald

In 1985, Bruce started drawing weekly cartoons for The Chronicle Herald in Halifax and became employed full-time in 1986, replacing a space on the paper’s editorial page that had been present ever since the leaving of its long-time cartoonist Bob Chambers in 1976. Having remade the Herald’s weekend edition in April 2013, Bruce’s hand-drawn font was applied to all the headlines in the “Opinion” section.

Since working as the paper’s frequent cartoonist, Bruce has got status as one of Canada’s finest editorial cartoonists, awarded by the Canadian Encyclopedia, as “among the new breed of distinguished artists” in Canadian editorial cartooning. To now, Bruce has received 18 Atlantic Journalism Awards due to editorial cartooning, and seven National Newspaper Awards (1992, 1993, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2022), such as the NNA inaugural Journalist of the Year award for 2014.

Bruce came in second in the World Press Cartoon competition in 2004. In 2014, he received the World Press Freedom Award and in 2015 won their Honourable Mention. Bruce also received the second prize during the 2014 Niels Bugge Cartoon Award. Both a famous and at times contentious cartoonist, Bruce was named Best Political Cartoonist in Halifax for many years running by The Coast newspaper prior to it exalting him to their Hall of Fame, thus leaving him from the further contest.

Bruce MacKinnon Saltwire

He works as an editorial cartoonist at Saltwire Network.

Bruce MacKinnon Salary

He earns a satisfying amount from his work as an editorial cartoonist at the Halifax Chronicle-Herald and Saltwire Network. Bruce’s average salary is $89,986 per year.

Bruce MacKinnon Net Worth

Bruce gets his wealth from his work as an editorial cartoonist at the Halifax Chronicle-Herald and Saltwire Network. Therefore, Bruce has accumulated a decent fortune over the years. Bruce’s estimated net worth is $1 million.

How Old Is Bruce MacKinnon

Bruce is a 62-year-old who was born in 1961, in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Is Bruce MacKinnon Married

Yes, Bruce married his wife Peggy a social media Jedi, creator, and operator of his Facebook and Twitter accounts. He creates the content and his wife Peggy puts it out there. The couple has two children, Robyn and Jamieson, and reside in Halifax.

Who Is Bruce MacKinnon

Bruce is an editorial cartoonist at the Halifax Chronicle-Herald and Saltwire Network. He is the receiver of many awards of excellence due to his work. He started drawing a weekly cartoon for The Casket in Antigonish at the age of 14. Also, Bruce took part in a panel discussion on political cartooning in Canada at the screening of Cartoonists: Foot Soldiers of Democracy carried out at the Reel Artists Film Festival on March 27, 2015.

Bruce MacKinnon Social Media Account

Twitter – @CH_Cartoon