Elmer MacKay
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The Honourable Elmer MacKay PC QC |
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| MP for Central Nova | |
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In office May 31, 1971 – June 15, 1983 |
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| Preceded by | Russell MacEwan |
| Succeeded by | Brian Mulroney |
| MP for Central Nova | |
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In office September 4, 1984 – October 25, 1993 |
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| Preceded by | Brian Mulroney |
| Succeeded by | Roseanne Skoke |
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Elmer MacIntosh MacKay August 5, 1936 Hopewell, Nova Scotia |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Eirene Macha Delap(m. 1961-1973) |
| Occupation | Politician |
Elmer MacIntosh MacKay, PC, QC (born August 5, 1936) is a Canadian former politician.
MacKay was born in Hopewell, Nova Scotia, the son of Laura Louise (Macintosh) and Gordon Barclay MacKay. He was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons as the Progressive Conservative (PC) Member of Parliament (MP) for Central Nova through a 1971 by-election. He was re-elected in subsequent elections, and served as Minister of Regional Economic Expansion in the short lived (1979–1980) government of Prime Minister Joe Clark.
MacKay resigned his parliamentary seat in 1983 in order to allow newly elected PC leader Brian Mulroney to enter Parliament through a by-election in MacKay's Nova Scotia riding. In the subsequent 1984 election, Mulroney moved to a Quebec riding, and MacKay was again returned to the House as Central Nova's MP.
Following the election, Mulroney became prime minister, and appointed MacKay to the Canadian Cabinet where he served as Solicitor General of Canada for a year before becoming Minister of National Revenue. In 1989, MacKay became Minister of Public Works. From 1989 to 1991, he was also responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency Act. The opposition Liberals and New Democratic Party often accused MacKay of doling out patronage appointments. While no wrongdoing was ever proven, MacKay was removed from the ACOA portfolio in 1991. From 1991 to 1993, he remained Public Works minister and was given responsibility for the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation.
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