Former Canadian Member of Parliament
Peter MacKay
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MacKay in 2014
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In office
July 15, 2013 ? November 4, 2015
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Prime Minister
| Stephen Harper
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Preceded by
| Rob Nicholson
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Succeeded by
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In office
August 14, 2007 ? July 15, 2013
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Prime Minister
| Stephen Harper
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Preceded by
| Gordon O'Connor
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Succeeded by
| Rob Nicholson
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In office
February 6, 2006 ? August 14, 2007
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Prime Minister
| Stephen Harper
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Preceded by
| Pierre Pettigrew
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Succeeded by
| Maxime Bernier
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In office
February 6, 2006 ? January 19, 2010
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Prime Minister
| Stephen Harper
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Preceded by
| Joe McGuire
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Succeeded by
| Keith Ashfield
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In office
March 22, 2004 ? November 5, 2015
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Leader
| Stephen Harper
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Preceded by
| Position established
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Succeeded by
| Denis Lebel
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In office
May 31, 2003 ? December 7, 2003
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Preceded by
| Joe Clark
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Succeeded by
| John Lynch-Staunton
(as
interim leader
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In office
June 2, 1997 ? October 19, 2015
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Preceded by
| Roseanne Skoke
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Succeeded by
| Sean Fraser
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Born
| Peter Gordon MacKay
(
1965-09-27
)
September 27, 1965
(age 58)
New Glasgow
,
Nova Scotia
, Canada
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Political party
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(since 2003)
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(1997?2003)
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Children
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Peter Gordon MacKay
PC
KC
(born September 27, 1965) is a Canadian lawyer and politician. He was a
Member of Parliament
from 1997 to 2015 and has served as
Minister of Justice and Attorney General
(2013?2015),
Minister of National Defence
(2007?2013), and
Minister of Foreign Affairs
(2006?2007) in the
Cabinet of Canada
under
Prime Minister
Stephen Harper
. MacKay was the final leader of the
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
, and he agreed to merge the party with Stephen Harper's
Canadian Alliance
in 2003, forming the
Conservative Party of Canada
and making MacKay one of the co-founders of the current conservative wing of Canadian politics.
The son of Canadian politician and Minister of Public Works
Elmer MacKay
, MacKay received his undergraduate degree from Acadia University and his law degree from
Dalhousie University
. MacKay represented the
riding
of
Pictou?Antigonish?Guysborough
from 1997 to 2004, and the riding of
Central Nova
from 2004 until 2015, when he decided not to run in
that year's federal election
. With the defeat of the Conservatives in the
2015 federal election
, he was considered a potential candidate to succeed
Stephen Harper
as permanent leader of the party. Between 2015 and 2020, he was a partner with
Baker McKenzie
at their Toronto office.
On January 15, 2020, MacKay announced his candidacy for the
2020 Conservative leadership race
.
[3]
He was defeated by former
veterans affairs minister
Erin O’Toole
on the third ballot of the leadership vote.
[4]
Since the race, he moved back to
Nova Scotia
and is now a senior counsel with the law firm
McInnes Cooper
, and a strategic advisor with
Deloitte Canada
.
Early life and career
[
edit
]
MacKay was born in
New Glasgow, Nova Scotia
. His father,
Elmer MacKay
, is a former PC cabinet minister, lumber businessman, and lawyer. His mother, Eirene Macha MacKay (nee Delap; 1938?2017), was a
psychologist
and peace activist; through her, Peter MacKay is descended from
James Alexander, 3rd Earl of Caledon
and
James Grimston, 1st Earl of Verulam
.
[5]
[6]
[7]
[8]
MacKay grew up in
Wolfville, Nova Scotia
with his three siblings. He graduated from
Horton High School
in
Greenwich, Nova Scotia
, and then went on to graduate with a
Bachelor of Arts
degree from
Acadia University
/
Carleton University
in 1987. MacKay then studied law at
Dalhousie University
[9]
and was called to the Nova Scotia Bar in June 1991. He worked for
Thyssen Henschel
, a steel producer, in
Halifax
,
Nova Scotia
, and in
Dusseldorf
and
Kassel
, Germany.
In 1993, MacKay accepted an appointment as
Crown Attorney
for the Central Region of Nova Scotia. He prosecuted cases at all levels, including youth and provincial courts as well as the
Supreme Court of Canada
. MacKay has publicly stated that the major impetus for his entry into federal politics was his frustrations with the shortcomings in the
justice system
, particularly his perception that the courts do not care about the impact crime has on victims.
Member of Parliament
[
edit
]
MacKay was first elected to the
House of Commons of Canada
in the June 2,
1997 federal election
for
Pictou?Antigonish?Guysborough
, a
riding
in northeastern Nova Scotia.
[10]
He was one of a handful of newly elected "Young Turk" PC MPs (including
John Herron
,
Andre Bachand
and
Scott Brison
), who were under 35 years old when elected and were considered the future leadership material that might restore the ailing Tories to their glory days. In his first term of office, MacKay served as Justice Critic and House Leader for the Progressive Conservative parliamentary caucus. MacKay was the PC member of the Board of Internal Economy and the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights. He also acted as an associate member of the Standing Committees on Canadian Heritage, Finance and the sub-committee on the Study of Sport. Peter MacKay served as PC Party House Leader from September 23, 1997, to September 12, 2001.
[11]
MacKay was re-elected in the
2000 federal election
and was frequently touted by the media as a possible successor to PC Party leader
Joe Clark
. Many of his initial supporters referred to his strong performances in the House of Commons and magnetism as key attributes that would make him a popular leader. MacKay has been voted the "sexiest male MP in the House of Commons" by the
Hill Times
(a Parliament Hill newspaper) for six years in a row. When asked in a 2001
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
documentary on the resurgence of the PC Party if he would ever consider running for the PC leadership, MacKay quipped, "If there's one thing I've learned in politics it's 'never say never.'
Jean Charest
taught me that."
[12]
In August 2001, he was one of several PC MPs to engage in open cooperation talks with disaffected Canadian Alliance MPs in
Mont-Tremblant, Quebec
. Eventually a union of sorts was created between the PCs and the newly formed
Democratic Representative Caucus
(DRC). MacKay was appointed House Leader of the new PC-DR Parliamentary Coalition Caucus when it was formally recognized as a political body on September 10, 2001. The PC-DR initiative collapsed in April 2002, raising questions about Clark's leadership. Clark announced his impending resignation as party leader at the PC Party's bi-annual convention held in
Edmonton
, Alberta in August 2002. MacKay's name was one of the first to be raised as a possible leadership contender.
[13]
2003 Progressive Conservative leadership race
[
edit
]
MacKay was largely seen as the assumed victor of the race from the outset of the leadership contest. Ultimately, his candidacy was helped by the absence of so-called "dream candidates" such as provincial Progressive Conservative Premiers
Bernard Lord
,
Mike Harris
and
Ralph Klein
who did not run for the leadership.
[
citation needed
]
MacKay formally launched his leadership campaign in his hometown of
New Glasgow
in January 2003. From the onset of the campaign, MacKay insisted that his primary goal upon assuming the leadership would be the rebuilding the fractured conservative movement from within the PC tent. For much of the race, MacKay was the clear front-runner. Several opponents, including former PC Party Treasurer
Jim Prentice
,
social conservative
candidate
Craig Chandler
, and
Red Tory
Nova Scotia MP
Scott Brison
, painted MacKay as a
status quo
or "establishment" candidate who could effectively question the Prime Minister.
[
citation needed
]
MacKay's campaign was largely based on his leadership skills and a national organization rather than on policies or new directions. MacKay is largely viewed by political analysts as a
Red Tory
.
[14]
He voted in favour of
same-sex marriage
in 2006.
[12]
Leadership convention
[
edit
]
MacKay entered the first ballot of the
PC leadership convention
held on May 31, 2003 with roughly 41% of the delegates supporting him. However, on the second ballot, MacKay's support dropped to 39%. On the third ballot, MacKay's support reached 45% but many of his supporters were convinced that he had hit his popular peak. Some analysts noted that the eliminated third-place challenger
David Orchard
drew his 25% bulk of delegate supporters largely from the Western prairie provinces. Orchard was prepared to speak with either MacKay or Prentice to determine if a deal could be reached over some of the issues that he raised during the leadership campaign. As the results of the third ballot were called, MacKay's campaign manager, PC Senator
Noel Kinsella
, hastily arranged a backroom meeting between MacKay, Orchard, and their campaign advisors. During the meeting, MacKay reached a deal with his rival, and Orchard emerged from the room urging his delegates to support MacKay. Press officials immediately demanded to know what had inspired Orchard's surprise move. Orchard repeatedly referred to a "gentleman's agreement" made between himself and MacKay that had led to his qualified support.
MacKay won the final ballot with nearly 65% of the delegates supporting him. For the next few weeks, the specific details of the "Orchard deal" remained vague: a secret between MacKay, Orchard, and their advisors.
[15]
However, it was eventually revealed that the "Orchard deal" promised a review of the PC Party's policies on the
North American Free Trade Agreement
, no merger or joint candidates with the
Canadian Alliance
, and a promise to redouble efforts to rebuild the national status of the Progressive Conservative Party.
[
citation needed
]
The agreement also included re-examining the PC Party's policies on government subsidies for national railways and preserving the environment. The deal also requested that MacKay "clean up" the party's head office and specifically requested that the party's National Director be fired. Further evidence later revealed
Scott Brison
's cellphone number written in the margins of the note for some unexplained reason. In an attempt to heal internal rifts after the convention, MacKay edited out the number. After Brison defected to the Liberal party, however, MacKay revealed the original copy. The agreement prompted much outrage and controversy amongst
United Alternative
supporters and was ribaldly referred to by CA MP
Jason Kenney
as "a deal with the Devil"
[
citation needed
]
.
At first, MacKay seemed to be willing to adhere to the deal. In June, several Clark-appointed personnel were let go from the party's main office and MacKay appointed new experienced staff whose loyalties were more closely linked to himself and former Prime Minister and PC Party leader
Brian Mulroney
. MacKay also appointed a couple of low level staff workers who had been supportive of David Orchard's leadership bid. In July, MacKay struck up a "Blue Ribbon PC Policy Review Panel", made up of conservative MPs, Senators, and Orchard himself, that was to be chaired by MP
Bill Casey
, in order to reexamine the party's policies on NAFTA. The committee was scheduled to hold talks across the country and make a report to the leader by January 2004.
[
citation needed
]
By mid-July, political opponents and fellow Tories began attacking MacKay over the "Orchard deal." MacKay's conservative rival
Stephen Harper
suggested that the PC Party had hit rock-bottom when its policies and directions would be beholden to a "prairie socialist."
[
citation needed
]
The secretive nature of the deal also led to concerns from within the party's headquarters and constituency associations. David Orchard was seen by many within the party as an "outsider" who was attempting to turn the Progressive Conservative Party into the "Prairie Co-operative Party". Some felt that MacKay's credibility and leadership were undermined by the deal and that electoral expectations were low for the upcoming election that was expected to occur in less than a year's time.
Rex Murphy
noted in a
Globe and Mail
column that MacKay's leadership arrived "stillborn" and that, perhaps for the first time in recent memory, a party immediately emerged from a leadership convention grievously weakened and even less united than when it entered the convention.
[
citation needed
]
Conservative party merger
[
edit
]
Public musings that the divided PCs would be marginalized in a future election between a relatively stable western-based CA under Stephen Harper and the massively popular Paul Martin Liberals (although
Jean Chretien
remained the Liberal leader until November 2003, he had announced he would not run again), MacKay encouraged talks between high-profile members of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservatives.
On October 15, 2003, the merger talks culminated in MacKay and Alliance leader Stephen Harper signing an Agreement in Principle on the establishment of the Conservative Party of Canada, whereby the Progressive Conservatives and the Canadian Alliance would merge to form a new
Conservative Party of Canada
. While MacKay was roundly criticized in some
Red Tory
circles for permitting a union under his watch, MacKay's efforts to sell the merger to the PC membership were successful: 90.4% of the party's elected delegates supported the deal in a vote on December 6, 2003.
[
citation needed
]
Some PC caucus members refused to accept the merger: long-time MP and former
Prime Minister
Joe Clark
continued to sit as a "Progressive Conservative" for the remainder of the Parliament, as did MPs
John Herron
and
Andre Bachand
, while
Scott Brison
left the new party to join the
Liberal Party
in December 2003. In January 2004, several Senators left the party to sit as independents or "Progressive Conservatives". MacKay announced on January 13, 2004, that he would not run for the leadership of the new Conservative Party. On March 22, he was named deputy leader of the new party by newly elected leader Stephen Harper. He was easily re-elected in the
June 28, 2004 federal election
in the newly redistributed riding of
Central Nova
.
[
citation needed
]
On September 29, 2005, the
Premier of Nova Scotia
,
John Hamm
, announced his intention to resign. There was speculation that MacKay would return to the province to pursue provincial politics and enter the
Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia
leadership race
to become the Premier. MacKay would have been considered a front-runner in the race; however, he decided to remain with the Federal Conservatives.
The Liberal government lost a motion of non-confidence on November 28, 2005. In the resulting January 2006 election, the Conservative Party was elected with a minority government. He did retain his seat by a comfortable margin.
Government
[
edit
]
Minister of Foreign Affairs
[
edit
]
Following the Conservative victory in the
2006 election
, Prime Minister
Stephen Harper
named MacKay as
Minister of Foreign Affairs
and
Minister for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
; he was also tasked to be the political minister for both his home province, and for neighbouring
Prince Edward Island
, just as his father
Elmer
had done between 1988 and 1993.
[
citation needed
]
During the first mandate, his biggest issue was the
Lebanon
?
Israel
?
Hezbollah
crisis
that occurred in July 2006. The government decided to evacuate thousands of Canadians from Lebanon to safer locations and many back to Canada. MacKay responded to critics saying that the process was slow, that the boats (those which were used to evacuate) had limited capacity. MacKay's statements in support of the Israelis during the
2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict
created a national debate in Canada, especially among Arabs and Muslim Canadians who opposed MacKay's position. During this period MacKay and the
Conservative Party of Canada
joined the Bush Administration in opposing the
United Nations
' call for a ceasefire. It was also during this period that MacKay made a controversial statement in which he referred to
Hezbollah
as a "cancer" in Lebanon.
[16]
Hezbollah is formally recognized by the government of Canada as a terrorist organization.
[17]
On October 19, 2006, during a debate on the Conservative Party's clean air plan, MP
Mark Holland
said that a Liberal colleague,
David McGuinty
asked MacKay about the impact of pollution on humans and animals by asking, "What about your dog?". This referred to MacKay posing for photographs on a farm with his neighbour's dog following his break-up with Belinda Stronach.
[18]
MacKay then allegedly pointed to Stronach's vacant chair and replied "You already have her." Holland lodged a complaint with the
Commons Speaker
and demanded an apology from MacKay. Stronach has said that the comment was disrespectful to both herself and Canadian women, and has herself asked for an apology. MacKay has denied referring to Stronach as a "dog".
[19]
The alleged comment was not heard by Speaker of the House
Peter Milliken
and it was not recorded in the official Hansard. Afterwards, Milliken and his staff said that they could not hear the remarks on the tape recording.
[20]
Minister of National Defence
[
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]
On August 14, 2007, Stephen Harper shuffled MacKay from Foreign Affairs to Defence, replacing
Gordon O'Connor
. On November 6, 2007, while attending a meeting at
Forward Operating Base Wilson
, 20 kilometres west of
Kandahar
City, Mackay was unharmed as two rockets struck the base at about 11 a.m. local time. Mackay described the incident: "There was an explosion. It was a loud bang", said MacKay. "When it happened, we heard the explosion, we heard the whistle overhead, we were told to get down and we did."
[21]
The incident happened on the same day that a
suicide bomber
detonated an explosive
in
Baghlan
in the northeastern part of the country killing at least 75 including several politicians. While
Taliban
insurgents were suspected of being behind the bombing, it was not believed to be related to the attack in Kandahar.
[22]
In 2008, MacKay announced a broad exhaustive and very expensive program to upgrade the Canadian military's equipment, spending over $400 billion over 25 years. Unlike every previous spending announcement of its kind, no "white paper" or detailed breakdown of this number was available nor was any claimed to exist. This led to widespread speculation that an election was coming.
Stephen Harper
did in fact declare Parliament "dysfunctional" in August 2008 and called on
Governor General of Canada
Michaelle Jean
to dissolve parliament for the
2008 federal election
.
In July 2010, MacKay was accused of inappropriately using public funds when he combined the use of a Canadian Cormorant military helicopter for both a search and rescue demonstration, and to transport the minister from a private fishing camp in Newfoundland to Gander Airport. The cost of this to taxpayers was approximately $16,000.
[23]
MacKay, then the Minister of National Defence, defended his use of the military helicopter stating, "Three days into the visit I participated in a search and rescue demonstration with 103 squadron 9 Wing Gander. I shortened my stay by a day to take part in that demonstration".
[13]
In 2009, he undertook two days of basic military training as part of
CBC Television
's
Make the Politician Work
.
[24]
On June 5, 2012, it was revealed that a widely publicized 2010 news conference announcing Conservative plans to buy 65
F-35
Stealth Fighters had cost $47,000. Documents provided to parliament by Peter Mackay indicated that
Lockheed Martin
had delivered the F-35 mockup used in the photo-op for free, and that the cost was primarily for services to support the news conference and one hundred invited guests.
[25]
Minister of Justice and Attorney General
[
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]
On July 15, 2013, the cabinet was shuffled, and Mackay became the
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada
, replacing
Rob Nicholson
, who took over the defence portfolio.
[26]
On March 5, 2014, MacKay generated controversy when, in response to opposition Liberal MP Kevin Lamoureux, he tossed documents purporting to concern the issue of missing and murdered Aboriginal women onto the floor of the House of Commons.
[27]
The following week, he apologized to the Commons for his outburst.
[28]
Out of Parliament
[
edit
]
2015?present
[
edit
]
On May 29, 2015, MacKay announced that he would not be a candidate in the
2015 federal election
.
[29]
In February 2016, MacKay joined law firm
Baker McKenzie
as a partner.
[30]
MacKay's family now resides in
The Beaches
area of
Toronto
.
[31]
On November 17, 2017, MacKay said he had not ruled out the possibility of running for the leadership of the
Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative Party
.
[32]
After the Conservative defeat in the 2015 election, MacKay was considered a potential candidate to succeed former Prime Minister Stephen Harper as permanent leader of the Conservative Party.
[33]
[34]
On September 12, 2016, MacKay announced he would not seek the Conservative party leadership.
[35]
On January 15, 2020, MacKay announced his intention to run for the
2020 Conservative Party of Canada leadership race
.
[36]
He was appointed to the board of Cielo Waste Solutions Corp. on April 8, 2021.
[37]
2020 Conservative leadership race
[
edit
]
On October 10, 2019,
The Globe and Mail
reported that MacKay supporters were preparing to launch a leadership bid should Conservative Party leader
Andrew Scheer
fail to secure a government in the 2019 federal election. MacKay responded to questions by saying that he was "not [aware]" of Conservatives backers organizing a campaign, and that he was "doing everything I can to help Andrew and support him and his team. I’m not entertaining that at all.”
[38]
On December 12, 2019, Scheer announced he was resigning as Conservative party leader, but would stay on until a new leader was chosen.
[39]
On January 15, 2020, MacKay announced his intention to run for the
2020 Conservative Party of Canada leadership race
.
[36]
After weeks of speculation, MacKay tweeted from his
Twitter
account: "I'm in. Stay tuned."
[40]
He officially launched his campaign on January 25, 2020 at the
Nova Scotia Museum of Industry
in
Stellarton
, Nova Scotia. On January 26, 2020, a Washington Post columnist posted a comparison of Peter MacKay's campaign logo and that of personal finance blog Maple Money, which started comparisons to the previous
Canadian Energy Centre trademark issues
.
[41]
MacKay was defeated by
Erin O’Toole
on the third ballot of the leadership vote.
[4]
After the vote, it was revealed that MacKay spent $124,000 on security during the campaign
[42]
in response to numerous death threats that were lodged against him and his family.
[43]
Personal life
[
edit
]
MacKay was chosen as "Canada's Sexiest Male MP" by
The Hill Times
from 1999?2007 and 2009, coming in second in 2008 to
Maxime Bernier
. His former longtime girlfriend was Lisa Michelle Merrithew, daughter of former
Mulroney
cabinet minister
Gerald Merrithew
. They reportedly ended their relationship in 2004. He then was romantically linked to fellow MP
Belinda Stronach
in published reports. In an interview in the
Toronto Star
on January 8, 2005, Stronach confirmed that she and MacKay were dating. Stronach, elected as a Conservative in the 2004 election,
crossed the floor
to the
Liberal Party
on May 17, 2005. On May 18, 2005, MacKay told the
CBC
that his relationship with Stronach was indeed over, and that it had come as a surprise to him that she had crossed the floor. According to
Don Martin
, a
National Post
columnist who wrote a biography,
Belinda: the Political and Private Life of Belinda Stronach
in September 2006, MacKay reacted "with volcanic fury" when he learned about her defection.
[44]
On November 26, 2005, the
National Post
revealed that Mackay and Sophie Desmarais of the billionaire Power Corporation family were dating.
[45]
By September 2006, MacKay's romantic life was again in the papers, with
The New York Times
reporting on gossip about his alleged involvement with
United States Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice
.
[46]
[47]
The New York Times
described him as "Tall, athletic, young, blond", and having "a tan and the build of someone who spends his time on the rugby field, not holed up reading G-8 communiques."
[46]
MacKay had been seen in public dating Jana Juginovic, director of programming at
CTV News Channel
, after having kept their relationship private for many months. They attended the annual Black & White Opera Soiree together at the
National Arts Centre
in Ottawa on February 21, 2009.
[48]
MacKay's engagement to Juginovic was announced on November 1, 2009.
[49]
MacKay and Juginovic later called off the engagement in June 2010.
[50]
On January 4, 2012, MacKay married
Nazanin Afshin-Jam
, an Iranian-born former beauty queen, in a ceremony in Mexico. Afshin-Jam holds degrees in international relations and political science. She is co-founder and president of Stop Child Executions, a human rights group whose aim is to focus world attention on the plight of young people on death row in Iran.
[51]
The couple has two sons, Kian Alexander MacKay, born April 1, 2013,
[52]
and Caledon Cyrus MacKay, born July 28, 2018
[53]
as well as one daughter, Valentia Makaja MacKay, born September 30, 2015.
[54]
In his spare time, MacKay has served on many volunteer boards including New Leaf and Tearmann House. He has also been active in
Big Brothers Big Sisters
, the Pictou County Senior Rugby Club and the
YMCA
. A sports enthusiast, MacKay was active in local rugby, baseball, football and hockey teams in
Pictou County, Nova Scotia
. He played for the
Nova Scotia Keltics
rugby union club.
Electoral record
[
edit
]
2020 Conservative Party of Canada leadership results by ballot
[55]
Candidate
|
1st ballot
|
2nd ballot
|
3rd ballot
|
Votes cast
|
%
|
Points allocated
|
%
|
Votes cast
|
%
|
Points allocated
|
%
|
Votes cast
|
%
|
Points allocated
|
%
|
|
Erin O'Toole
|
51,258
|
29.39%
|
10,681.40
|
31.60%
|
56,907
|
33.20%
|
11,903.69
|
35.22%
|
90,635
|
58.86%
|
19,271.74
|
57.02%
|
|
Peter MacKay
|
52,851
|
30.30%
|
11,328.55
|
33.52%
|
54,165
|
31.60%
|
11,756.01
|
34.78%
|
63,356
|
41.14%
|
14,528.26
|
42.98%
|
|
Leslyn Lewis
|
43,017
|
24.67%
|
6,925.38
|
20.49%
|
60,316
|
35.20%
|
10,140.30
|
30.00%
|
Eliminated
|
|
Derek Sloan
|
27,278
|
15.64%
|
4,864.67
|
14.39%
|
Eliminated
|
Total
|
174,404
|
100%
|
33,800
|
100%
|
171,388
|
100%
|
33,800
|
100%
|
153,991
|
100%
|
33,800
|
100%
|
2011 Canadian federal election
:
Central Nova
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
|
Expenditures
|
|
Conservative
|
Peter MacKay
|
21,593
|
56.79
|
+10.19
|
$66,993.75
|
|
New Democratic
|
David Parker
|
9,412
|
24.75
|
+5.19
|
$22,391.41
|
|
Liberal
|
John Hamilton
|
5,614
|
14.76
|
–
|
$38,162.02
|
|
Green
|
Matthew Chisholm
|
1,406
|
3.70
|
-28.54
|
$3,941.29
|
Total valid votes/expense limit
|
38,025
|
100.0
|
|
$83,138.94
|
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots
|
226
|
0.59
|
-0.18
|
Turnout
|
38,251
|
65.00
|
-2.01
|
Eligible voters
|
57,963
|
|
Conservative
hold
|
Swing
|
+2.50
|
Sources:
[56]
[57]
|
2008 Canadian federal election
:
Central Nova
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
|
Expenditures
|
|
Conservative
|
Peter MacKay
|
18,240
|
46.60
|
+5.94
|
$61,468.89
|
|
Green
|
Elizabeth May
|
12,620
|
32.24
|
+30.65
|
$57,490.60
|
|
New Democratic
|
Louise Lorifice
|
7,659
|
19.56
|
-13.33
|
$39,917.36
|
|
Christian Heritage
|
Michael Harris MacKay
|
427
|
1.09
|
–
|
none listed
|
|
Canadian Action
|
Paul Kemp
|
196
|
0.50
|
–
|
$87.79
|
Total valid votes/expense limit
|
39,142
|
100.0
|
|
$80,462
|
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots
|
304
|
0.77
|
+0.42
|
Turnout
|
39,446
|
67.01
|
-2.16
|
Eligible voters
|
58,863
|
|
Conservative
hold
|
Swing
|
-24.71
|
2006 Canadian federal election
:
Central Nova
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
|
Expenditures
|
|
Conservative
|
Peter MacKay
|
17,134
|
40.66
|
-2.61
|
$55,938.56
|
|
New Democratic
|
Alexis MacDonald
|
13,861
|
32.89
|
+5.23
|
$28,582.28
|
|
Liberal
|
Dan Walsh
|
10,349
|
24.56
|
-1.83
|
$43,064.69
|
|
Green
|
David Orton
|
671
|
1.59
|
-1.09
|
$901.04
|
|
Marxist?Leninist
|
Allan H. Bezanson
|
124
|
0.29
|
–
|
none listed
|
Total valid votes/expense limit
|
42,139
|
100.0
|
|
$75,651
|
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots
|
147
|
0.35
|
-0.17
|
Turnout
|
42,286
|
69.17
|
+3.85
|
Eligible voters
|
61,137
|
|
Conservative
hold
|
Swing
|
-3.92
|
2004 Canadian federal election
:
Central Nova
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
|
Expenditures
|
|
Conservative
|
Peter MacKay
|
16,376
|
43.27
|
-8.13
|
$53,745.97
|
|
New Democratic
|
Alexis MacDonald
|
10,470
|
27.66
|
+14.84
|
$25,231.91
|
|
Liberal
|
Susan Green
|
9,986
|
26.39
|
-3.95
|
$44,229.04
|
|
Green
|
Rebecca Mosher
|
1,015
|
2.68
|
–
|
$222.50
|
Total valid votes/expense limit
|
37,847
|
100.0
|
|
$73,053
|
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots
|
198
|
0.52
|
Turnout
|
38,045
|
65.32
|
-0.92
|
Eligible voters
|
58,240
|
|
Conservative
notional gain
from
Progressive Conservative
|
Swing
|
-11.48
|
Changes from 2000 are based on redistributed results. Conservative Party change is based on the combination of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party totals.
|
2003 Progressive Conservative leadership election ? delegate support by ballot
Candidate
|
1st ballot
|
2nd ballot
|
3rd ballot
|
4th ballot
|
Votes cast
|
%
|
Votes cast
|
%
|
Votes cast
|
%
|
Votes cast
|
%
|
|
MACKAY, Peter Gordon
|
1,080
|
41.1%
|
1,018
|
39.7%
|
1,128
|
45.0%
|
1,538
|
64.8%
|
|
PRENTICE, James (Jim)
|
478
|
18.2%
|
466
|
18.2%
|
761
|
30.4%
|
836
|
35.2%
|
|
ORCHARD, David
|
640
|
24.3%
|
619
|
24.1%
|
617
|
24.6%
|
Endorsed MacKay
|
|
BRISON, Scott A.
|
431
|
16.4%
|
463
|
18.0%
|
Endorsed Prentice
|
|
CHANDLER, Craig B.
|
0
|
?
|
Withdrew before 1st ballot began; Endorsed Prentice
|
Total
|
2,629
|
100.0%
|
2,566
|
100.0%
|
2,506
|
100.0%
|
2,374
|
100.0%
|
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