Thomas McKay (Canadian politician) explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Hon.
Thomas McKay
Constituency Mp:Colchester
Parliament:Canadian
Predecessor:Frederick M. Pearson
Successor:Archibald McLelan
Term Start:1874
Term End:1881
Office2:Senator for Truro, Nova Scotia
Appointed2:Sir John A. Macdonald
Term Start2:1881
Term End2:1912
Birth Date:8 January 1839
Birth Place:Pictou, Nova Scotia
Death Place:Truro, Nova Scotia
Party:Liberal-Conservative

Thomas McKay (January 8, 1839  - January 13, 1912) was a Canadian politician.

Born in Pictou County, Nova Scotia, the son of William McKay, who emigrated from Sutherland, Scotland, McKay was educated in Pictou. In 1868, he married Jessie Blair. A merchant, he was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada for Colchester in the 1874 general election. Unseated on petition in November 1874, he was re-elected and again in 1878. He resigned in June 1881 and was called to the Senate on the advice of John Alexander Macdonald on December 24, 1881 representing the senatorial division of Truro, Nova Scotia. A Liberal-Conservative, he served for 37 years until his death in 1912[1] in Truro.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Personnel of the Senate and House of Commons, eighth Parliament of Canada, elected June 23, 1896. 1898. 2007-04-25 . Lovell. Montreal. 83.
  2. Book: Johnson, J. K. . The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967 . 1968 . Public Archives of Canada.