Elmer MacKay
Elmer MacIntosh MacKay PC QC (born August 5, 1936 in Hopewell , Nova Scotia ) is a retired Canadian lawyer and politician of the Progressive Conservative Party (PC) who served in the House of Commons for over 21 years . Between 1979 and 1980 he was Minister for Regional Economic Development in Canada's 21st Cabinet of Prime Minister Joe Clark . He was later from 1984 to 1989 Minister of various departments in the 24th Cabinet of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney . His voluntary waiver of his House of Commons mandate on June 15, 1983 enabled Mulroney to run in MacKay's previous constituency for a seat in the House of Commons and thus ultimately for the office of Prime Minister.
Life
Lawyer, Member of the House of Commons and Federal Minister in the Clark Cabinet
After attending school, MacKay first completed an undergraduate degree , which he completed with a Bachelor of Arts (BA). He completed another postgraduate study of law with a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) and then took up a position as a solicitor and later as a barrister . For his legal services he was appointed Crown Counsel (Queen's Counsel) .
MacKay was elected in a by-election in the constituency of Central Nova as a candidate of the Progressive Conservative Party (PC) for the first time as a member of the House of Commons, to which he initially belonged until his voluntary resignation on June 15, 1983.
At the beginning of his membership in parliament he was spokesman for the PC group for regional development between December 5, 1972 and October 1973 and then from October 24, 1973 to December 19, 1974, spokesman for the opposition for transport and at the same time for the Society for the Development of the Cape Breton Island , before he was spokesman for his group for economic and regional development between December 20, 1974 and November 1975. Most recently he acted as spokesman for the opposition PC faction for the office of Solicitor General from November 1975 and May 1976 and was then from 1976 to 1980 chairman of the caucus of the Progressive Conservative Party, an assembly of members and supporters of the PC to preselect candidates for high political offices.
On June 4, 1979, Prime Minister Joe Clark appointed him to the 21st Cabinet of Canada as Minister for Regional Economic Development, which he served until the end of Clark's tenure on March 2, 1980. From June 4, 1979 to March 2, 1980, he was also Vice-Chairman of the Cabinet Committee on Economic Development and, at the same time, Vice-Chairman of the Cabinet Committee on Industrial Relations.
Waiver of mandate in favor of Brian Mulroney and federal minister in the Mulroney cabinet
On June 15, 1983 MacKay voluntarily renounced his mandate in the House of Commons, making it possible for future Prime Minister Brian Mulroney to run for a seat in the House of Commons for the first time in a by-election in the Central Nova constituency . In the subsequent election of September 4, 1984 , Mulroney ran in the constituency of Manicouagan , so that MacKay could again run successfully in the constituency of Central Nova , and this represented until October 24, 1993 in the House of Commons.
After the election victory of the Progressive Conservative Party in the general election on September 4, 1984 MacKay was appointed Solicitor General of Canada in the 24th Canadian Cabinet on September 17, 1984 by Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, and thus chief legal advisor to the government. During a government reshuffle, he took over the post of Minister for National Income on August 20, 1985, which he held until January 29, 1989. After that, he was on 30 January 1989 to 24 June 1993 Minister of Public Works and at the same time from 30 January 1989 to 20 April 1991 Minister for the Affairs of the law for the agency to promote opportunities for Atlantic Canada (Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency Act) or, subsequently, between April 21, 1991 and June 1993, Minister responsible for the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation CMHC / SCHL (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation / Société canadienne d'hypothèques et de logement) . In addition, he acted from July 1986 to June 1993 as the responsible regional minister for Nova Scotia.
Elmer MacKay is the father of top politician Peter MacKay , who was Foreign Minister in the 28th Canadian Cabinet of Prime Minister Stephen Harper from 2006 to 2007 and then Minister of Defense between 2007 and 2013 and who has been Minister of Justice since 2013. Stephen MacKay was also the last chairman of the Progressive Conservative Party between May and December 2003, which became the Conservative Party of Canada on December 7, 2003 after a merger with the Canadian Alliance .
Web links and sources
- CV on the home page of the Canadian Parliament
Individual evidence
- ^ Canadian Ministries at rulers.org
- ^ Canadian Ministries at rulers.org
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | MacKay, Elmer |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | MacKay, Elmer MacIntosh |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 5, 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hopewell , Nova Scotia |