Eric McKay explained

Eric McKay
Birthname:Eric Bowness McKay
Birth Date:1899 11, df=yes
Birth Place:Summerside, Prince Edward Island
Death Place:Regina, Saskatchewan
Spouse:Lydia Lang Gibson
m. 29 September 1923[1]
Riding:Weyburn
Predecessor:Thomas Clement Douglas
Successor:riding dissolved
Term Start:June 1945
Term End:June 1949
Profession:principal, teacher
Party:Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

Eric Bowness McKay (26 November 1899  - 20 February 1994) was a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Summerside, Prince Edward Island and became a principal and teacher by career. He was also a school principal at Radville, Saskatchewan from 1925 to 1941.

He was first elected to Parliament at the Weyburn riding in the 1945 general election. After serving his only federal term, and after a change in electoral districts, the 20th Canadian Parliament, he was defeated in the 1949 federal election at Maple Creek riding by Irvin Studer of the Liberal party.

References

  1. Book: Normandin, G. Pierre . Canadian Parliamentary Guide . 1947 .