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MacKay was born in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, the son of PC cabinet minister Elmer MacKay .

He was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons on June 2, 1997 for Pictou-Antigonish-Guysborough, a riding in northeastern Nova Scotia and served as Justice Critic and House Leader.

MacKay won the Tory leadership convention held on May 31, 2003 after a deal with rival leadership candidate David Orchard. MacKay promised a review of the NAFTA free trade agreement, and also promised that no deal on electoral cooperation would be made with the Canadian Alliance. He soon broke this deal, and the Progressive Conservative Party merged with the Canadian Alliance under the name of the Conservative Party of Canada. MacKay's efforts to sell the merger to the PC membership were successful, as 90.4% of the party's elected delegates supported the deal in a vote on December 6, 2003.

The PC caucus, however, had some holdouts, including long-time Tory MP and former Prime MinisterAlternate meaning: Prime Minister (band #A prime minister is the leading member of the cabinet of the top level government in a parliamentary system of government of a country, alternatively #A prime minister is an official in a presidential system or sem Joe ClarkThis article is about Joe Clark the Canadian political leader. For the article about the United States Senator from Pennsylvania, see Joseph S. The Rt. Joe Clark Rank 16th Term June 4, 1979 March 3 1980 Predecessor Pierre Elliott Trudeau Successor Pierre and now-turned- LiberalIn terms of politics, the word liberal (or Liberal can refer to: an adherent of the ideology of liberalism or something in accordance to this ideology. Note: the words "liberal" or "liberalism" can be different in various countries and can be related to t MP Scott BrisonThe Honourable Scott Brison (b. May 10, 1967, Windsor, Nova Scotia) is a Canadian politician. He is the sixth Minister of Public Works and Government Services. Brison represents the Nova Scotia riding of Kings—Hants as a Liberal Member of Parliament..

MacKay announced on January 13January 13 is the 13th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. It is still celebrated as New Year's Eve by those on the Julian calendar. There are 352 days remaining (353 in a leap year). Events 888 Odo, Count of Paris becomes King of the Franks. 1847, 2004 that he would not run for the leadership of the new Conservative Party of Canada. On March 22 he was named deputy leader by new Conservative Party leader Stephen Harper.

His companion is Lisa Michelle Merrithew, daughter of former Conservative party Cabinet Minister (Veterans Affairs) (1984-1993), Gerald Stairs Merrithew.