Background

MacKay, Elmer MacIntosh was born on August 5, 1936 in Hopewell, Nova Scoti, Canada. Son of Gordon Barclay and Laura Louise (MacIntosh) MacK.

Education

Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Dalhousie University, Halifax.

Career

Partner, MacKay Parker & White, New Glasgow, Nova Scoti, Canada, 1962-1971; member parliament, House of Commons, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 1971-1979; minister regional economics expansion, House of Commons, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 1979-1980; solicitor general Canada, House of Commons, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 1984-1985; minister national review Canada, from 1985; minister public works, minister Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency Act, until 1991; minister public works, minister responsible for Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, since 1991.

Achievements

• Elmer MacIntosh MacKay has been listed as a noteworthy Canadian government official by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

House of Commons 1971-1983, since 1984.

Connections

Married Macha BredinDelap, July 17, 1962 (divorced July 1973). Children: Cethlyn, Peter, Mary Louise, Andrew. Married Laura Agnes Macaulay, July 17, 1974.

1 child, Rebecca.

Father:

Gordon Barclay MacK.

Mother:

Laura Louise (MacIntosh) MacK.

Spouse:

Laura Agnes Macaulay

Spouse:

Macha BredinDelap

child:

Andrew MacKay

child:

Peter MacKay

child:

Rebecca MacKay

child:

Mary Louise MacKay

child:

Cethlyn MacKay