Two months later, Mulroney entered Parliament as the MP for Central Nova in Nova Scotia, winning a by-election in what was then considered a safe Tory seat after Elmer MacKay stood down in his favour.

* Georgia congressman and environmental advocate James MacKay was born in Fairfield.

A second bridge, the A. Murray MacKay Bridge was opened in 1970 and the Highway 111 Circumferential Highway was built around Dartmouth to Woodside at this time.

She was built in 1846 in New York by Westervelt & MacKay and owned by E. E. Morgan.

The company was unable to attract sufficient capital to carry out its original business plan to build four ships and instead ordered two ships from Westervelt & MacKay, Washington and Hermann ( 1848 ).

Ironically, given the attacks he had sustained as Premier from Alexander Grant MacKay, he was part of the federal delegation that finally negotiated the transfer of resource control from the federal to the Alberta provincial government in December 1929.

MacKay was the final leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada ( PC Party ).

MacKay was born in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia.

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 and was called to the Nova Scotia Bar in June 1991.

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.

MacKay was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the June 2, 1997 federal election for Pictou — Antigonish — Guysborough, a riding in northeastern Nova Scotia.

MacKay was the Tory member of the Board of Internal Economy and the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights.

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.

MacKay was largely seen as the assumed victor of the race from the outset of the leadership contest.

For much of the race, MacKay was the clear front-runner.

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.

In July, MacKay struck up a " Blue Ribbon PC Policy Review Panel ", made up of Tory MPs, Senators, and Orchard himself, that was to be chaired by Tory MP Bill Casey, in order to reexamine the party's policies on NAFTA.

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.

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.

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.

MacKay responded to critics saying that the process was slow, that the boats ( those which were used to evacuate ) had limited capacity.

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 February 1932, John MacKay was appointed to Carder's position and Carder became Art Director, Corning Glass Works.

* March 22-Conservative Party of Canada leader Stephen Harper appointed Peter MacKay as Deputy Leader.

He remained on the backbenches since but was appointed a Conservative Deputy Chairman in September 2004 with responsibility for candidates, and, upon David Cameron's election in November 2005 as Leader of the Conservative Party, MacKay became a Senior Parliamentary / Political Adviser to the new Conservative leader.

Peter MacKay was appointed deputy leader.

MacKay would be appointed to the provincial cabinet on August 26, 1918.

In 1961, he was appointed Gordon MacKay Professor of Mathematical Logic and Applied Mathematics at Harvard.

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.

On 9 January 2008, Defence Minister Peter MacKay appointed Canadian country singer-songwriter George Canyon to the position of honorary colonel at 14 Wing.

In his first term of office, MacKay served as Justice Critic and House Leader for the Progressive Conservative parliamentary caucus.

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.

In his spare time, MacKay has served on many volunteer boards including New Leaf and Tearmann House.

On her election, she was the youngest member of the House of Commons, remaining the " Baby of the House " until the by-election victory of Andrew MacKay in 1977.

In the 2004 election, Conservative Party candidate Peter MacKay, who had represented Pictou — Antigonish — Guysborough, was returned to the House of Commons from Central Nova.

In the subsequent 1984 election, Mulroney moved to a Quebec riding, and MacKay was again returned to the House as Central Nova's MP.

Elmer MacKay had stepped down from his Nova Scotia Commons seat in Central Nova in 1983, so that Mulroney, who had just become Progressive Conservative leader without being a member of the House of Commons, would have a riding to run in, in order to gain formal admission to Parliament.

Fellow Nova Scotian and final PC Party Leader Peter MacKay suggested in an interview on CBC Newsworld on December 16, 2003, that he had not personally spoken to Stanfield in regard to his opinions on the merger.

On September 7, 1907 MacKay was elected leader of the Ontario Liberal Party and Leader of the Opposition and held that position until he resigned in September 1911.

He was a key organizer in the " Yes " Campaign, led by Tory Leader Peter MacKay, to ratify the merger of the Progressive Conservative Party and the Canadian Alliance into the Conservative Party of Canada.

Some notable Blue Tories include many prominent federal and provincial Progressive Conservatives such as former PC Party Leader and current National Defence minister Peter MacKay, Conservative Party leadership contender and current Industry minister Tony Clement, and former Premier of Ontario Mike Harris.