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MacKay</div><div class="honorific-suffix" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Privy_Council_for_Canada" title="King's Privy Council for Canada">PC</a></span> <span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Counsel" title="King's Counsel">KC</a></span></span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Peter_MacKay_2014.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Peter_MacKay_2014.jpg/220px-Peter_MacKay_2014.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="321" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Peter_MacKay_2014.jpg/330px-Peter_MacKay_2014.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Peter_MacKay_2014.jpg/440px-Peter_MacKay_2014.jpg 2x" data-file-width="620" data-file-height="906" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;">MacKay in 2014</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Justice_(Canada)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Justice (Canada)">Minister of Justice<br />Attorney General of Canada</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />July 15, 2013 – November 4, 2015</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Harper" title="Stephen Harper">Stephen Harper</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rob_Nicholson" title="Rob Nicholson">Rob Nicholson</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jody_Wilson-Raybould" title="Jody Wilson-Raybould">Jody Wilson-Raybould</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_National_Defence_(Canada)" title="Minister of National Defence (Canada)">Minister of National Defence</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />August 14, 2007 – July 15, 2013</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Harper" title="Stephen Harper">Stephen Harper</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gordon_O%27Connor" title="Gordon O'Connor">Gordon O'Connor</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rob_Nicholson" title="Rob Nicholson">Rob Nicholson</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Canada)" title="Minister of Foreign Affairs (Canada)">Minister of Foreign Affairs</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />February 6, 2006 – August 14, 2007</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Harper" title="Stephen Harper">Stephen Harper</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Pierre_Pettigrew" title="Pierre Pettigrew">Pierre Pettigrew</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Maxime_Bernier" title="Maxime Bernier">Maxime Bernier</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Minister_for_the_purposes_of_the_Atlantic_Canada_Opportunities_Agency_Act" title="Minister for the purposes of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency Act">Minister for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />February 6, 2006 – January 19, 2010</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Harper" title="Stephen Harper">Stephen Harper</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Joe_McGuire" title="Joe McGuire">Joe McGuire</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Keith_Ashfield" title="Keith Ashfield">Keith Ashfield</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Deputy Leader of the <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_of_Canada" title="Conservative Party of Canada">Conservative Party</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />March 22, 2004 – November 5, 2015</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Leader</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Harper" title="Stephen Harper">Stephen Harper</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Position established</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Denis_Lebel" title="Denis Lebel">Denis Lebel</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Leader of the <a href="/wiki/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Canada" title="Progressive Conservative Party of Canada">Progressive Conservative Party</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />May 31, 2003 – December 7, 2003</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Clark" title="Joe Clark">Joe Clark</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_Lynch-Staunton" title="John Lynch-Staunton">John Lynch-Staunton</a><br />(as <a href="/wiki/List_of_Canadian_conservative_leaders#Conservative_Party_of_Canada_(2003–present)" title="List of Canadian conservative leaders">interim leader</a>)</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(Canada)" title="Member of Parliament (Canada)">Member of Parliament</a><br />for <a href="/wiki/Central_Nova" title="Central Nova">Central Nova</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Pictou%E2%80%94Antigonish%E2%80%94Guysborough" title="Pictou—Antigonish—Guysborough">Pictou—Antigonish—Guysborough</a>; 1997–2004)</span></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />June 2, 1997 – October 19, 2015</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Roseanne_Skoke" title="Roseanne Skoke">Roseanne Skoke</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sean_Fraser_(politician)" title="Sean Fraser (politician)">Sean Fraser</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Peter Gordon MacKay</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1965-09-27</span>) </span>September 27, 1965<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 59)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/New_Glasgow,_Nova_Scotia" title="New Glasgow, Nova Scotia">New Glasgow</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nova_Scotia" title="Nova Scotia">Nova Scotia</a>, Canada</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_of_Canada" title="Conservative Party of Canada">Conservative</a> (since 2003)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Other political<br />affiliations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Canada" title="Progressive Conservative Party of Canada">Progressive Conservative</a> (1997–2003)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Nazanin_Afshin-Jam" title="Nazanin Afshin-Jam">Nazanin Afshin-Jam</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip" title="January 4, 2012">2012</span>)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">3</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parents</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Elmer_MacKay" title="Elmer MacKay">Elmer MacKay</a> (father)</li><li>Macha MacKay<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (mother)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Residence(s)</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Pictou_County" title="Pictou County">Pictou County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nova_Scotia" title="Nova Scotia">Nova Scotia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Acadia_University" title="Acadia University">Acadia University</a> (transferred)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Carleton_University" title="Carleton University">Carleton University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">B.A.</a>)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Dalhousie_University" title="Dalhousie University">Dalhousie University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Laws" title="Bachelor of Laws">LL.B.</a>)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · ";font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist 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href="/wiki/King%27s_Counsel" title="King's Counsel">KC</a></span></span> (born September 27, 1965) is a Canadian lawyer and politician. He was a <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(Canada)" title="Member of Parliament (Canada)">Member of Parliament</a> from 1997 to 2015 and has served as <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Justice_(Canada)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Justice (Canada)">Minister of Justice and Attorney General</a> (2013–2015), <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_National_Defence_(Canada)" title="Minister of National Defence (Canada)">Minister of National Defence</a> (2007–2013), and <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Canada)" title="Minister of Foreign Affairs (Canada)">Minister of Foreign Affairs</a> (2006–2007) in the <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Canada" title="Cabinet of Canada">Cabinet of Canada</a> under <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Canada" title="Prime Minister of Canada">Prime Minister</a> <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Harper" title="Stephen Harper">Stephen Harper</a>. MacKay was the final leader of the <a href="/wiki/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Canada" title="Progressive Conservative Party of Canada">Progressive Conservative Party of Canada</a>, and he agreed to merge the party with Stephen Harper's <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Alliance" title="Canadian Alliance">Canadian Alliance</a> in 2003, forming the <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_of_Canada" title="Conservative Party of Canada">Conservative Party of Canada</a> and making MacKay one of the co-founders of the current conservative wing of Canadian politics. </p><p>The son of Canadian politician and Minister of Public Works <a href="/wiki/Elmer_MacKay" title="Elmer MacKay">Elmer MacKay</a>, MacKay received his undergraduate degree from Acadia University and his law degree from <a href="/wiki/Dalhousie_University" title="Dalhousie University">Dalhousie University</a>. MacKay represented the <a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_(Canada)" title="Electoral district (Canada)">riding</a> of <a href="/wiki/Pictou%E2%80%94Antigonish%E2%80%94Guysborough" title="Pictou—Antigonish—Guysborough">Pictou—Antigonish—Guysborough</a> from 1997 to 2004, and the riding of <a href="/wiki/Central_Nova" title="Central Nova">Central Nova</a> from 2004 until 2015, when he decided not to run in <a href="/wiki/2015_Canadian_federal_election" title="2015 Canadian federal election">that year's federal election</a>. With the defeat of the Conservatives in the <a href="/wiki/2015_Canadian_federal_election" title="2015 Canadian federal election">2015 federal election</a>, he was considered a potential candidate to succeed <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Harper" title="Stephen Harper">Stephen Harper</a> as permanent leader of the party. Between 2015 and 2020, he was a partner with <a href="/wiki/Baker_McKenzie" title="Baker McKenzie">Baker McKenzie</a> at their Toronto office. </p><p>On January 15, 2020, MacKay announced his candidacy for the <a href="/wiki/2020_Conservative_Party_of_Canada_leadership_election" title="2020 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election">2020 Conservative leadership race</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was defeated by former <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Veterans_Affairs_(Canada)" title="Minister of Veterans Affairs (Canada)">veterans affairs minister</a> <a href="/wiki/Erin_O%27Toole" title="Erin O'Toole">Erin O’Toole</a> on the third ballot of the leadership vote.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since the race, he moved back to <a href="/wiki/Nova_Scotia" title="Nova Scotia">Nova Scotia</a> and is now a senior counsel with the law firm <a href="/wiki/McInnes_Cooper" title="McInnes Cooper">McInnes Cooper</a>, and a strategic advisor with <a href="/wiki/Deloitte" title="Deloitte">Deloitte Canada</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_career">Early life and career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_MacKay&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>MacKay was born in <a href="/wiki/New_Glasgow,_Nova_Scotia" title="New Glasgow, Nova Scotia">New Glasgow, Nova Scotia</a>. His father, <a href="/wiki/Elmer_MacKay" title="Elmer MacKay">Elmer MacKay</a>, is a former PC cabinet minister, lumber businessman, and lawyer. His mother, Eirene Macha MacKay (née Delap; 1938–2017), was a <a href="/wiki/Psychologist" title="Psychologist">psychologist</a> and peace activist; through her, Peter MacKay is descended from <a href="/wiki/James_Alexander,_3rd_Earl_of_Caledon" title="James Alexander, 3rd Earl of Caledon">James Alexander, 3rd Earl of Caledon</a> and <a href="/wiki/James_Grimston,_1st_Earl_of_Verulam" title="James Grimston, 1st Earl of Verulam">James Grimston, 1st Earl of Verulam</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-parlg1_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-parlg1-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> MacKay grew up in <a href="/wiki/Wolfville" title="Wolfville">Wolfville, Nova Scotia</a> with his three siblings. He graduated from <a href="/wiki/Horton_High_School_(Nova_Scotia)" title="Horton High School (Nova Scotia)">Horton High School</a> in <a href="/wiki/Greenwich,_Nova_Scotia" title="Greenwich, Nova Scotia">Greenwich, Nova Scotia</a>, and then went on to graduate with a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">Bachelor of Arts</a> degree from <a href="/wiki/Acadia_University" title="Acadia University">Acadia University</a>/<a href="/wiki/Carleton_University" title="Carleton University">Carleton University</a> in 1987. MacKay then studied law at <a href="/wiki/Dalhousie_University" title="Dalhousie University">Dalhousie University</a><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was called to the Nova Scotia Bar in June 1991. He worked for <a href="/wiki/ThyssenKrupp" title="ThyssenKrupp">Thyssen Henschel</a>, a steel producer, in <a href="/wiki/Halifax_Regional_Municipality" class="mw-redirect" title="Halifax Regional Municipality">Halifax</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nova_Scotia" title="Nova Scotia">Nova Scotia</a>, and in <a href="/wiki/D%C3%BCsseldorf" title="Düsseldorf">Düsseldorf</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kassel" title="Kassel">Kassel</a>, Germany. </p><p>In 1993, MacKay accepted an appointment as <a href="/wiki/Crown_Attorney" class="mw-redirect" title="Crown Attorney">Crown Attorney</a> for the Central Region of Nova Scotia. He prosecuted cases at all levels, including youth and provincial courts as well as the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Canada" title="Supreme Court of Canada">Supreme Court of Canada</a>. MacKay has publicly stated that the major impetus for his entry into federal politics was his frustrations with the shortcomings in the <a href="/wiki/Law_of_Canada" title="Law of Canada">justice system</a>, particularly his perception that the courts do not care about the impact crime has on victims. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Member_of_Parliament">Member of Parliament</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_MacKay&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Member of Parliament"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>MacKay was first elected to the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_Canada" title="House of Commons of Canada">House of Commons of Canada</a> in the June 2, <a href="/wiki/1997_Canadian_federal_election" title="1997 Canadian federal election">1997 federal election</a> for <a href="/wiki/Pictou%E2%80%94Antigonish%E2%80%94Guysborough" title="Pictou—Antigonish—Guysborough">Pictou—Antigonish—Guysborough</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_(Canada)" title="Electoral district (Canada)">riding</a> in northeastern Nova Scotia.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was one of a handful of newly elected "Young Turk" PC MPs (including <a href="/wiki/John_Herron_(New_Brunswick_politician)" title="John Herron (New Brunswick politician)">John Herron</a>, <a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Bachand_(Progressive_Conservative_MP)" title="André Bachand (Progressive Conservative MP)">André Bachand</a> and <a href="/wiki/Scott_Brison" title="Scott Brison">Scott Brison</a>), who were under 35 years old when elected and were considered the future leadership material that might restore the ailing Tories to their glory days. In his first term of office, MacKay served as Justice Critic and House Leader for the Progressive Conservative parliamentary caucus. MacKay was the PC member of the Board of Internal Economy and the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights. He also acted as an associate member of the Standing Committees on Canadian Heritage, Finance and the sub-committee on the Study of Sport. Peter MacKay served as PC Party House Leader from September 23, 1997, to September 12, 2001.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>MacKay was re-elected in the <a href="/wiki/2000_Canadian_federal_election" title="2000 Canadian federal election">2000 federal election</a> and was frequently touted by the media as a possible successor to PC Party leader <a href="/wiki/Joe_Clark" title="Joe Clark">Joe Clark</a>. Many of his initial supporters referred to his strong performances in the House of Commons and magnetism as key attributes that would make him a popular leader. MacKay has been voted the "sexiest male MP in the House of Commons" by the <i>Hill Times</i> (a Parliament Hill newspaper) for six years in a row. When asked in a 2001 <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Broadcasting_Corporation" title="Canadian Broadcasting Corporation">Canadian Broadcasting Corporation</a> documentary on the resurgence of the PC Party if he would ever consider running for the PC leadership, MacKay quipped, "If there's one thing I've learned in politics it's 'never say never.' <a href="/wiki/Jean_Charest" title="Jean Charest">Jean Charest</a> taught me that."<sup id="cite_ref-:2_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In August 2001, he was one of several PC MPs to engage in open cooperation talks with disaffected Canadian Alliance MPs in <a href="/wiki/Mont-Tremblant,_Quebec" class="mw-redirect" title="Mont-Tremblant, Quebec">Mont-Tremblant, Quebec</a>. Eventually a union of sorts was created between the PCs and the newly formed <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Representative_Caucus" title="Democratic Representative Caucus">Democratic Representative Caucus</a> (DRC). MacKay was appointed House Leader of the new PC-DR Parliamentary Coalition Caucus when it was formally recognized as a political body on September 10, 2001. The PC-DR initiative collapsed in April 2002, raising questions about Clark's leadership. Clark announced his impending resignation as party leader at the PC Party's bi-annual convention held in <a href="/wiki/Edmonton" title="Edmonton">Edmonton</a>, Alberta in August 2002. MacKay's name was one of the first to be raised as a possible leadership contender.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2003_Progressive_Conservative_leadership_race">2003 Progressive Conservative leadership race</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_MacKay&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 2003 Progressive Conservative leadership race"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>MacKay was largely seen as the assumed victor of the race from the outset of the leadership contest. Ultimately, his candidacy was helped by the absence of so-called "dream candidates" such as provincial Progressive Conservative Premiers <a href="/wiki/Bernard_Lord" title="Bernard Lord">Bernard Lord</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mike_Harris" title="Mike Harris">Mike Harris</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Klein" title="Ralph Klein">Ralph Klein</a> who did not run for the leadership.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2014)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> MacKay formally launched his leadership campaign in his hometown of <a href="/wiki/New_Glasgow,_Nova_Scotia" title="New Glasgow, Nova Scotia">New Glasgow</a> in January 2003. From the onset of the campaign, MacKay insisted that his primary goal upon assuming the leadership would be the rebuilding the fractured conservative movement from within the PC tent. For much of the race, MacKay was the clear front-runner. Several opponents, including former PC Party Treasurer <a href="/wiki/Jim_Prentice" title="Jim Prentice">Jim Prentice</a>, <a href="/wiki/Social_conservative" class="mw-redirect" title="Social conservative">social conservative</a> candidate <a href="/wiki/Craig_Chandler" title="Craig Chandler">Craig Chandler</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Red_Tory" title="Red Tory">Red Tory</a> Nova Scotia MP <a href="/wiki/Scott_Brison" title="Scott Brison">Scott Brison</a>, painted MacKay as a <i>status quo</i> or "establishment" candidate who could effectively question the Prime Minister.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2014)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>MacKay's campaign was largely based on his leadership skills and a national organization rather than on policies or new directions. MacKay is largely viewed by political analysts as a <a href="/wiki/Red_Tory" title="Red Tory">Red Tory</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He voted in favour of <a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_Canada" title="Same-sex marriage in Canada">same-sex marriage</a> in 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Leadership_convention">Leadership convention</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_MacKay&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Leadership convention"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>MacKay entered the first ballot of the <a href="/wiki/2003_Progressive_Conservative_leadership_election" title="2003 Progressive Conservative leadership election">PC leadership convention</a> held on May 31, 2003 with roughly 41% of the delegates supporting him. However, on the second ballot, MacKay's support dropped to 39%. On the third ballot, MacKay's support reached 45% but many of his supporters were convinced that he had hit his popular peak. Some analysts noted that the eliminated third-place challenger <a href="/wiki/David_Orchard" title="David Orchard">David Orchard</a> drew his 25% bulk of delegate supporters largely from the Western prairie provinces. 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. As the results of the third ballot were called, MacKay's campaign manager, PC Senator <a href="/wiki/No%C3%ABl_Kinsella" title="Noël Kinsella">Noël Kinsella</a>, hastily arranged a backroom meeting between MacKay, Orchard, and their campaign advisors. During the meeting, MacKay reached a deal with his rival, and Orchard emerged from the room urging his delegates to support MacKay. Press officials immediately demanded to know what had inspired Orchard's surprise move. Orchard repeatedly referred to a "gentleman's agreement" made between himself and MacKay that had led to his qualified support. </p><p>MacKay won the final ballot with nearly 65% of the delegates supporting him. For the next few weeks, the specific details of the "Orchard deal" remained vague: a secret between MacKay, Orchard, and their advisors.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, it was eventually revealed that the "Orchard deal" promised a review of the PC Party's policies on the <a href="/wiki/North_American_Free_Trade_Agreement" title="North American Free Trade Agreement">North American Free Trade Agreement</a>, no merger or joint candidates with the <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Alliance" title="Canadian Alliance">Canadian Alliance</a>, and a promise to redouble efforts to rebuild the national status of the Progressive Conservative Party.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2011)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The agreement also included re-examining the PC Party's policies on government subsidies for national railways and preserving the environment. The deal also requested that MacKay "clean up" the party's head office and specifically requested that the party's National Director be fired. Further evidence later revealed <a href="/wiki/Scott_Brison" title="Scott Brison">Scott Brison</a>'s cellphone number written in the margins of the note for some unexplained reason. In an attempt to heal internal rifts after the convention, MacKay edited out the number. After Brison defected to the Liberal party, however, MacKay revealed the original copy. The agreement prompted much outrage and controversy amongst <a href="/wiki/Unite_the_Right_(Canada)" title="Unite the Right (Canada)">United Alternative</a> supporters and was ribaldly referred to by CA MP <a href="/wiki/Jason_Kenney" title="Jason Kenney">Jason Kenney</a> as "a deal with the Devil".<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At first, MacKay seemed to be willing to adhere to the deal. 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 <a href="/wiki/Brian_Mulroney" title="Brian Mulroney">Brian Mulroney</a>. MacKay also appointed a couple of low level staff workers who had been supportive of David Orchard's leadership bid. In July, MacKay struck up a "Blue Ribbon PC Policy Review Panel", made up of conservative MPs, Senators, and Orchard himself, that was to be chaired by MP <a href="/wiki/Bill_Casey" title="Bill Casey">Bill Casey</a>, in order to reexamine the party's policies on NAFTA. The committee was scheduled to hold talks across the country and make a report to the leader by January 2004.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2011)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>By mid-July, political opponents and fellow Tories began attacking MacKay over the "Orchard deal." MacKay's conservative rival <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Harper" title="Stephen Harper">Stephen Harper</a> suggested that the PC Party had hit rock-bottom when its policies and directions would be beholden to a "prairie socialist."<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2012)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The secretive nature of the deal also led to concerns from within the party's headquarters and constituency associations. David Orchard was seen by many within the party as an "outsider" who was attempting to turn the Progressive Conservative Party into the "Prairie Co-operative Party". Some felt that MacKay's credibility and leadership were undermined by the deal and that electoral expectations were low for the upcoming election that was expected to occur in less than a year's time. <a href="/wiki/Rex_Murphy" title="Rex Murphy">Rex Murphy</a> noted in a <i><a href="/wiki/The_Globe_and_Mail" title="The Globe and Mail">Globe and Mail</a></i> column that MacKay's leadership arrived "stillborn" and that, perhaps for the first time in recent memory, a party immediately emerged from a leadership convention grievously weakened and even less united than when it entered the convention.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2010)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Conservative_party_merger">Conservative party merger</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_MacKay&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Conservative party merger"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Public musings that the divided PCs would be marginalized in a future election between a relatively stable western-based CA under Stephen Harper and the massively popular Paul Martin Liberals (although <a href="/wiki/Jean_Chr%C3%A9tien" title="Jean Chrétien">Jean Chrétien</a> remained the Liberal leader until November 2003, he had announced he would not run again), MacKay encouraged talks between high-profile members of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservatives. </p><p>On October 15, 2003, the merger talks culminated in MacKay and Alliance leader Stephen Harper signing an Agreement in Principle on the establishment of the Conservative Party of Canada, whereby the Progressive Conservatives and the Canadian Alliance would merge to form a new <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_of_Canada" title="Conservative Party of Canada">Conservative Party of Canada</a>. While MacKay was roundly criticized in some <a href="/wiki/Red_Tory" title="Red Tory">Red Tory</a> 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. <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2011)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Some PC caucus members refused to accept the merger: long-time MP and former <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Canada" title="Prime Minister of Canada">Prime Minister</a> <a href="/wiki/Joe_Clark" title="Joe Clark">Joe Clark</a> continued to sit as a "Progressive Conservative" for the remainder of the Parliament, as did MPs <a href="/wiki/John_Herron_(New_Brunswick_politician)" title="John Herron (New Brunswick politician)">John Herron</a> and <a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Bachand_(Progressive_Conservative_MP)" title="André Bachand (Progressive Conservative MP)">André Bachand</a>, while <a href="/wiki/Scott_Brison" title="Scott Brison">Scott Brison</a> left the new party to join the <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal Party</a> in December 2003. In January 2004, several Senators left the party to sit as independents or "Progressive Conservatives". MacKay announced on January 13, 2004, that he would not run for the leadership of the new Conservative Party. On March 22, he was named deputy leader of the new party by newly elected leader Stephen Harper. He was easily re-elected in the <a href="/wiki/2004_Canadian_federal_election" title="2004 Canadian federal election">June 28, 2004 federal election</a> in the newly redistributed riding of <a href="/wiki/Central_Nova" title="Central Nova">Central Nova</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Petermackaytobeswornin2006.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Petermackaytobeswornin2006.JPG/170px-Petermackaytobeswornin2006.JPG" decoding="async" width="170" height="154" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Petermackaytobeswornin2006.JPG/255px-Petermackaytobeswornin2006.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Petermackaytobeswornin2006.JPG/340px-Petermackaytobeswornin2006.JPG 2x" data-file-width="984" data-file-height="890" /></a><figcaption>MacKay arrives at <a href="/wiki/Rideau_Hall" title="Rideau Hall">Rideau Hall</a> for the swearing in of the new government after the <a href="/wiki/2006_Canadian_federal_election" title="2006 Canadian federal election">2006 Canadian election</a></figcaption></figure> <p>On September 29, 2005, the <a href="/wiki/Premier_of_Nova_Scotia" title="Premier of Nova Scotia">Premier of Nova Scotia</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Hamm" title="John Hamm">John Hamm</a>, announced his intention to resign. There was speculation that MacKay would return to the province to pursue provincial politics and enter the <a href="/wiki/Progressive_Conservative_Association_of_Nova_Scotia" title="Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia">Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia</a> <a href="/wiki/2006_Progressive_Conservative_Association_of_Nova_Scotia_leadership_election" title="2006 Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia leadership election">leadership race</a> to become the Premier. MacKay would have been considered a front-runner in the race; however, he decided to remain with the Federal Conservatives. The Liberal government lost a motion of non-confidence on November 28, 2005. In the resulting January 2006 election, the Conservative Party was elected with a minority government. He did retain his seat by a comfortable margin. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government">Government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_MacKay&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Minister_of_Foreign_Affairs">Minister of Foreign Affairs</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_MacKay&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Minister of Foreign Affairs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mackay-amorim05022007.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Mackay-amorim05022007.jpg/220px-Mackay-amorim05022007.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Mackay-amorim05022007.jpg/330px-Mackay-amorim05022007.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Mackay-amorim05022007.jpg/440px-Mackay-amorim05022007.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1835" data-file-height="1193" /></a><figcaption>MacKay as <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Canada)" title="Minister of Foreign Affairs (Canada)">Minister of Foreign Affairs</a>, speaking with his Brazilian counterpart, <a href="/wiki/Celso_Amorim" title="Celso Amorim">Celso Amorim</a>, February 2007</figcaption></figure> <p>Following the Conservative victory in the <a href="/wiki/2006_Canadian_federal_election" title="2006 Canadian federal election">2006 election</a>, Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Harper" title="Stephen Harper">Stephen Harper</a> named MacKay as <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Canada)" title="Minister of Foreign Affairs (Canada)">Minister of Foreign Affairs</a> and <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_the_purposes_of_the_Atlantic_Canada_Opportunities_Agency_Act" title="Minister for the purposes of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency Act">Minister for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency</a>; he was also tasked to be the political minister for both his home province, and for neighbouring <a href="/wiki/Prince_Edward_Island" title="Prince Edward Island">Prince Edward Island</a>, just as his father <a href="/wiki/Elmer_MacKay" title="Elmer MacKay">Elmer</a> had done between 1988 and 1993. <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2011)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>During the first mandate, his biggest issue was the <a href="/wiki/Lebanon" title="Lebanon">Lebanon</a>–<a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israel</a>–<a href="/wiki/Hezbollah" title="Hezbollah">Hezbollah</a> <a href="/wiki/2006_Lebanon_War" title="2006 Lebanon War">crisis</a> that occurred in July 2006. The government decided to evacuate thousands of Canadians from Lebanon to safer locations and many back to Canada. MacKay responded to critics saying that the process was slow, that the boats (those which were used to evacuate) had limited capacity. MacKay's statements in support of the Israelis during the <a href="/wiki/2006_Israel-Lebanon_conflict" class="mw-redirect" title="2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict">2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict</a> created a national debate in Canada, especially among Arabs and Muslim Canadians who opposed MacKay's position. During this period MacKay and the <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_of_Canada" title="Conservative Party of Canada">Conservative Party of Canada</a> joined the Bush Administration in opposing the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a>' call for a ceasefire. It was also during this period that MacKay made a controversial statement in which he referred to <a href="/wiki/Hezbollah" title="Hezbollah">Hezbollah</a> as a "cancer" in Lebanon.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hezbollah is formally recognized by the government of Canada as a terrorist organization.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On October 19, 2006, during a debate on the Conservative Party's clean air plan, MP <a href="/wiki/Mark_Holland" title="Mark Holland">Mark Holland</a> said that a Liberal colleague, <a href="/wiki/David_McGuinty" title="David McGuinty">David McGuinty</a> asked MacKay about the impact of pollution on humans and animals by asking, "What about your dog?". This referred to MacKay posing for photographs on a farm with his neighbour's dog following his break-up with Belinda Stronach.<sup id="cite_ref-Neighbour's_dog_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Neighbour's_dog-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> MacKay then allegedly pointed to Stronach's vacant chair and replied "You already have her." Holland lodged a complaint with the <a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_House_of_Commons_(Canada)" title="Speaker of the House of Commons (Canada)">Commons Speaker</a> and demanded an apology from MacKay. Stronach has said that the comment was disrespectful to both herself and Canadian women, and has herself asked for an apology. MacKay has denied referring to Stronach as a "dog".<sup id="cite_ref-MacKay_denies-CBC_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MacKay_denies-CBC-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The alleged comment was not heard by Speaker of the House <a href="/wiki/Peter_Milliken" title="Peter Milliken">Peter Milliken</a> and it was not recorded in the official Hansard. Afterwards, Milliken and his staff said that they could not hear the remarks on the tape recording.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Minister_of_National_Defence">Minister of National Defence</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_MacKay&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Minister of National Defence"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Peter_MacKay_CYCLONE.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Peter_MacKay_CYCLONE.jpg/220px-Peter_MacKay_CYCLONE.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Peter_MacKay_CYCLONE.jpg/330px-Peter_MacKay_CYCLONE.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Peter_MacKay_CYCLONE.jpg/440px-Peter_MacKay_CYCLONE.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="664" /></a><figcaption>MacKay inspects a new <a href="/wiki/Sikorsky_CH-148_Cyclone" title="Sikorsky CH-148 Cyclone">Sikorsky CH-148 Cyclone</a> with members of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Air_Force" title="Royal Canadian Air Force">Royal Canadian Air Force</a>, May 2011.</figcaption></figure> <p>On August 14, 2007, Stephen Harper shuffled MacKay from Foreign Affairs to Defence, replacing <a href="/wiki/Gordon_O%27Connor" title="Gordon O'Connor">Gordon O'Connor</a>. On November 6, 2007, while attending a meeting at <a href="/w/index.php?title=Forward_Operating_Base_Wilson&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Forward Operating Base Wilson (page does not exist)">Forward Operating Base Wilson</a>, 20 kilometres west of <a href="/wiki/Kandahar" title="Kandahar">Kandahar</a> City, Mackay was unharmed as two rockets struck the base at about 11 a.m. local time. Mackay described the incident: "There was an explosion. It was a loud bang", said MacKay. "When it happened, we heard the explosion, we heard the whistle overhead, we were told to get down and we did."<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The incident happened on the same day that a <a href="/wiki/Suicide_Bomber" class="mw-redirect" title="Suicide Bomber">suicide bomber</a> <a href="/wiki/2007_Baghlan_sugar_factory_bombing" title="2007 Baghlan sugar factory bombing">detonated an explosive</a> in <a href="/wiki/Baghlan" title="Baghlan">Baghlan</a> in the northeastern part of the country killing at least 75 including several politicians. While <a href="/wiki/Taliban" title="Taliban">Taliban</a> insurgents were suspected of being behind the bombing, it was not believed to be related to the attack in Kandahar.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2008, MacKay announced a broad exhaustive and very expensive program to upgrade the Canadian military's equipment, spending over $400 billion over 25 years. Unlike every previous spending announcement of its kind, no "white paper" or detailed breakdown of this number was available nor was any claimed to exist. This led to widespread speculation that an election was coming. <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Harper" title="Stephen Harper">Stephen Harper</a> did in fact declare Parliament "dysfunctional" in August 2008 and called on <a href="/wiki/Governor_General_of_Canada" title="Governor General of Canada">Governor General of Canada</a> <a href="/wiki/Micha%C3%ABlle_Jean" title="Michaëlle Jean">Michaëlle Jean</a> to dissolve parliament for the <a href="/wiki/2008_Canadian_federal_election" title="2008 Canadian federal election">2008 federal election</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Defense.gov_News_Photo_120327-D-NI589-221_-_Secretary_of_Defense_Leon_E._Panetta_is_greeted_by_Canadian_Minister_of_National_Defense_Peter_MacKay_as_he_arrives_for_trilateral_meetings_with.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Defense.gov_News_Photo_120327-D-NI589-221_-_Secretary_of_Defense_Leon_E._Panetta_is_greeted_by_Canadian_Minister_of_National_Defense_Peter_MacKay_as_he_arrives_for_trilateral_meetings_with.jpg/220px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Defense.gov_News_Photo_120327-D-NI589-221_-_Secretary_of_Defense_Leon_E._Panetta_is_greeted_by_Canadian_Minister_of_National_Defense_Peter_MacKay_as_he_arrives_for_trilateral_meetings_with.jpg/330px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Defense.gov_News_Photo_120327-D-NI589-221_-_Secretary_of_Defense_Leon_E._Panetta_is_greeted_by_Canadian_Minister_of_National_Defense_Peter_MacKay_as_he_arrives_for_trilateral_meetings_with.jpg/440px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4191" data-file-height="2580" /></a><figcaption>MacKay as with his American counterpart, <a href="/wiki/Leon_Panetta" title="Leon Panetta">Leon Panetta</a>, during a trilateral meeting with defence ministers from Canada, Mexico, and the United States, March 2012</figcaption></figure> <p>In July 2010, MacKay was accused of inappropriately using public funds when he combined the use of a Canadian Cormorant military helicopter for both a search and rescue demonstration, and to transport the minister from a private fishing camp in Newfoundland to Gander Airport. The cost of this to taxpayers was approximately $16,000.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> MacKay, then the Minister of National Defence, defended his use of the military helicopter stating, "Three days into the visit I participated in a search and rescue demonstration with 103 squadron 9 Wing Gander. I shortened my stay by a day to take part in that demonstration".<sup id="cite_ref-:3_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2009, he undertook two days of basic military training as part of <a href="/wiki/CBC_Television" title="CBC Television">CBC Television</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Make_the_Politician_Work" title="Make the Politician Work">Make the Politician Work</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On June 5, 2012, it was revealed that a widely publicized 2010 news conference announcing Conservative plans to buy 65 <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-35_Lightning_II" title="Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II">F-35</a> Stealth Fighters had cost $47,000. Documents provided to parliament by Peter Mackay indicated that <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Martin" title="Lockheed Martin">Lockheed Martin</a> had delivered the F-35 mockup used in the photo-op for free, and that the cost was primarily for services to support the news conference and one hundred invited guests.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Minister_of_Justice_and_Attorney_General">Minister of Justice and Attorney General</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_MacKay&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Minister of Justice and Attorney General"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On July 15, 2013, the cabinet was shuffled, and Mackay became the <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Justice_(Canada)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Justice (Canada)">Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada</a>, replacing <a href="/wiki/Rob_Nicholson" title="Rob Nicholson">Rob Nicholson</a>, who took over the defence portfolio.<sup id="cite_ref-Harper_cabinet_shakeup_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Harper_cabinet_shakeup-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On March 5, 2014, MacKay generated controversy when, in response to opposition Liberal MP Kevin Lamoureux, he tossed documents purporting to concern the issue of missing and murdered Aboriginal women onto the floor of the House of Commons.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The following week, he apologized to the Commons for his outburst.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Out_of_Parliament">Out of Parliament</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_MacKay&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Out of Parliament"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2015–present"><span id="2015.E2.80.93present"></span>2015–present</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_MacKay&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: 2015–present"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On May 29, 2015, MacKay announced that he would not be a candidate in the <a href="/wiki/2015_Canadian_federal_election" title="2015 Canadian federal election">2015 federal election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In February 2016, MacKay joined law firm <a href="/wiki/Baker_McKenzie" title="Baker McKenzie">Baker McKenzie</a> as a partner.<sup id="cite_ref-Baker_&_McKenzie_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Baker_&_McKenzie-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> MacKay's family now resides in <a href="/wiki/The_Beaches,_Toronto" title="The Beaches, Toronto">The Beaches</a> area of <a href="/wiki/Toronto" title="Toronto">Toronto</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-thestar.com_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thestar.com-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On November 17, 2017, MacKay said he had not ruled out the possibility of running for the leadership of the <a href="/wiki/Nova_Scotia_Progressive_Conservative_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative Party">Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative Party</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the Conservative defeat in the 2015 election, MacKay was considered a potential candidate to succeed former Prime Minister Stephen Harper as permanent leader of the Conservative Party.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Mackay_2017_leadership_polling_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mackay_2017_leadership_polling-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On September 12, 2016, MacKay announced he would not seek the Conservative party leadership.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On January 15, 2020, MacKay announced his intention to run for the <a href="/wiki/2020_Conservative_Party_of_Canada_leadership_election" title="2020 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election">2020 Conservative Party of Canada leadership race</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was appointed to the board of Cielo Waste Solutions Corp. on April 8, 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2020_Conservative_leadership_race">2020 Conservative leadership race</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_MacKay&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: 2020 Conservative leadership race"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2020_Conservative_Party_of_Canada_leadership_election" title="2020 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election">2020 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Andrew_Scheer_in_Little_Harbour_(48931235432).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Andrew_Scheer_in_Little_Harbour_%2848931235432%29.jpg/220px-Andrew_Scheer_in_Little_Harbour_%2848931235432%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Andrew_Scheer_in_Little_Harbour_%2848931235432%29.jpg/330px-Andrew_Scheer_in_Little_Harbour_%2848931235432%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Andrew_Scheer_in_Little_Harbour_%2848931235432%29.jpg/440px-Andrew_Scheer_in_Little_Harbour_%2848931235432%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5743" data-file-height="3842" /></a><figcaption>MacKay (centre-left foreground) with <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Scheer" title="Andrew Scheer">Andrew Scheer</a> during the <a href="/wiki/2019_Canadian_federal_election" title="2019 Canadian federal election">2019 Canadian federal election</a> campaign</figcaption></figure> <p>On October 10, 2019, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Globe_and_Mail" title="The Globe and Mail">The Globe and Mail</a></i> reported that MacKay supporters were preparing to launch a leadership bid should Conservative Party leader <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Scheer" title="Andrew Scheer">Andrew Scheer</a> fail to secure a government in the 2019 federal election. MacKay responded to questions by saying that he was "not [aware]" of Conservatives backers organizing a campaign, and that he was "doing everything I can to help Andrew and support him and his team. I’m not entertaining that at all.”<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On December 12, 2019, Scheer announced he was resigning as Conservative party leader, but would stay on until a new leader was chosen.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On January 15, 2020, MacKay announced his intention to run for the <a href="/wiki/2020_Conservative_Party_of_Canada_leadership_election" title="2020 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election">2020 Conservative Party of Canada leadership race</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After weeks of speculation, MacKay tweeted from his <a href="/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter">Twitter</a> account: "I'm in. Stay tuned."<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He officially launched his campaign on January 25, 2020 at the <a href="/wiki/Nova_Scotia_Museum_of_Industry" title="Nova Scotia Museum of Industry">Nova Scotia Museum of Industry</a> in <a href="/wiki/Stellarton" title="Stellarton">Stellarton</a>, Nova Scotia. On January 26, 2020, a Washington Post columnist posted a comparison of Peter MacKay's campaign logo and that of personal finance blog Maple Money, which started comparisons to the previous <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Energy_Centre#Canadian_Energy_Centre_Logo" title="Canadian Energy Centre">Canadian Energy Centre trademark issues</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>MacKay was defeated by <a href="/wiki/Erin_O%27Toole" title="Erin O'Toole">Erin O’Toole</a> on the third ballot of the leadership vote.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the vote, it was revealed that MacKay spent $124,000 on security during the campaign<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in response to numerous death threats that were lodged against him and his family.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_MacKay&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>MacKay was chosen as "Canada's Sexiest Male MP" by <i><a href="/wiki/The_Hill_Times" title="The Hill Times">The Hill Times</a></i> from 1999–2007 and 2009, coming in second in 2008 to <a href="/wiki/Maxime_Bernier" title="Maxime Bernier">Maxime Bernier</a>. His former longtime girlfriend was Lisa Michelle Merrithew, daughter of former <a href="/wiki/Brian_Mulroney" title="Brian Mulroney">Mulroney</a> cabinet minister <a href="/wiki/Gerald_Merrithew" title="Gerald Merrithew">Gerald Merrithew</a>. They reportedly ended their relationship in 2004. He then was romantically linked to fellow MP <a href="/wiki/Belinda_Stronach" title="Belinda Stronach">Belinda Stronach</a> in published reports. In an interview in the <i><a href="/wiki/Toronto_Star" title="Toronto Star">Toronto Star</a></i> on January 8, 2005, Stronach confirmed that she and MacKay were dating. Stronach, elected as a Conservative in the 2004 election, <a href="/wiki/Crossing_the_floor" title="Crossing the floor">crossed the floor</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal Party</a> on May 17, 2005. On May 18, 2005, MacKay told the <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Broadcasting_Corporation" title="Canadian Broadcasting Corporation">CBC</a> that his relationship with Stronach was indeed over, and that it had come as a surprise to him that she had crossed the floor. According to <a href="/wiki/Don_Martin_(journalist)" title="Don Martin (journalist)">Don Martin</a>, a <i><a href="/wiki/National_Post" title="National Post">National Post</a></i> columnist who wrote a biography, <i>Belinda: the Political and Private Life of Belinda Stronach</i> in September 2006, MacKay reacted "with volcanic fury" when he learned about her defection.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On November 26, 2005, the <i>National Post</i> revealed that Mackay and Sophie Desmarais of the billionaire Power Corporation family were dating.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By September 2006, MacKay's romantic life was again in the papers, with <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> reporting on gossip about his alleged involvement with <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_State" title="United States Secretary of State">United States Secretary of State</a> <a href="/wiki/Condoleezza_Rice" title="Condoleezza Rice">Condoleezza Rice</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nytimes.com_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytimes.com-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>The New York Times</i> described him as "Tall, athletic, young, blond", and having "a tan and the build of someone who spends his time on the rugby field, not holed up reading G-8 communiqués."<sup id="cite_ref-nytimes.com_48-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytimes.com-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>MacKay had been seen in public dating Jana Juginovic, director of programming at <a href="/wiki/CTV_News_Channel_(Canada)" class="mw-redirect" title="CTV News Channel (Canada)">CTV News Channel</a>, after having kept their relationship private for many months. They attended the annual Black & White Opera Soirée together at the <a href="/wiki/National_Arts_Centre" title="National Arts Centre">National Arts Centre</a> in Ottawa on February 21, 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> MacKay's engagement to Juginovic was announced on November 1, 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> MacKay and Juginovic later called off the engagement in June 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On January 4, 2012, MacKay married <a href="/wiki/Nazanin_Afshin-Jam" title="Nazanin Afshin-Jam">Nazanin Afshin-Jam</a>, an Iranian-born former beauty queen, in a ceremony in Mexico. Afshin-Jam holds degrees in international relations and political science. She is co-founder and president of Stop Child Executions, a human rights group whose aim is to focus world attention on the plight of young people on death row in Iran.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The couple has two sons, Kian Alexander MacKay, born April 1, 2013,<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Caledon Cyrus MacKay, born July 28, 2018 <sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as one daughter, Valentia Makaja MacKay, born September 30, 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In his spare time, MacKay has served on many volunteer boards including New Leaf and Tearmann House. He has also been active in <a href="/wiki/Big_Brothers_Big_Sisters_of_Canada" title="Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada">Big Brothers Big Sisters</a>, the Pictou County Senior Rugby Club and the <a href="/wiki/YMCA" title="YMCA">YMCA</a>. A sports enthusiast, MacKay was active in local rugby, baseball, football and hockey teams in <a href="/wiki/Pictou_County,_Nova_Scotia" class="mw-redirect" title="Pictou County, Nova Scotia">Pictou County, Nova Scotia</a>. He played for the <a href="/wiki/Nova_Scotia_Keltics" title="Nova Scotia Keltics">Nova Scotia Keltics</a> rugby union club. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Electoral_record">Electoral record</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_MacKay&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Electoral record"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>2020 Conservative Party of Canada leadership results by ballot<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2" colspan="2">Candidate </th> <th colspan="4">1st ballot </th> <th colspan="4">2nd ballot </th> <th colspan="4">3rd ballot </th></tr> <tr> <th>Votes cast </th> <th>% </th> <th>Points allocated </th> <th>% </th> <th>Votes cast </th> <th>% </th> <th>Points allocated </th> <th>% </th> <th>Votes cast </th> <th>% </th> <th>Points allocated </th> <th>% </th></tr> <tr style="background:lightgreen;"> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Erin_O%27Toole_(cropped).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Erin_O%27Toole_%28cropped%29.png/50px-Erin_O%27Toole_%28cropped%29.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="68" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Erin_O%27Toole_%28cropped%29.png/75px-Erin_O%27Toole_%28cropped%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Erin_O%27Toole_%28cropped%29.png/100px-Erin_O%27Toole_%28cropped%29.png 2x" data-file-width="326" data-file-height="444" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Erin_O%27Toole" title="Erin O'Toole">Erin O'Toole</a></b> </td> <td>51,258 </td> <td>29.39% </td> <td>10,681.40 </td> <td>31.60% </td> <td>56,907 </td> <td>33.20% </td> <td><b>11,903.69</b> </td> <td><b>35.22%</b> </td> <td><b>90,635</b> </td> <td><b>58.86%</b> </td> <td><b>19,271.74</b> </td> <td><b>57.02%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Peter_MacKay_crop_(cropped).JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Peter_MacKay_crop_%28cropped%29.JPG/50px-Peter_MacKay_crop_%28cropped%29.JPG" decoding="async" width="50" height="72" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Peter_MacKay_crop_%28cropped%29.JPG/75px-Peter_MacKay_crop_%28cropped%29.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Peter_MacKay_crop_%28cropped%29.JPG/100px-Peter_MacKay_crop_%28cropped%29.JPG 2x" data-file-width="730" data-file-height="1046" /></a></span> </td> <td>Peter MacKay </td> <td><b>52,851</b> </td> <td><b>30.30%</b> </td> <td><b>11,328.55</b> </td> <td><b>33.52%</b> </td> <td>54,165 </td> <td>31.60% </td> <td>11,756.01 </td> <td>34.78% </td> <td>63,356 </td> <td>41.14% </td> <td>14,528.26 </td> <td>42.98% </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:LeslynLewis-HEADSHOT1-lg.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/LeslynLewis-HEADSHOT1-lg.jpg/50px-LeslynLewis-HEADSHOT1-lg.jpg" decoding="async" width="50" height="71" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/LeslynLewis-HEADSHOT1-lg.jpg/75px-LeslynLewis-HEADSHOT1-lg.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/LeslynLewis-HEADSHOT1-lg.jpg/100px-LeslynLewis-HEADSHOT1-lg.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="1709" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Leslyn_Lewis" title="Leslyn Lewis">Leslyn Lewis</a> </td> <td>43,017 </td> <td>24.67% </td> <td>6,925.38 </td> <td>20.49% </td> <td><b>60,316</b> </td> <td><b>35.20%</b> </td> <td>10,140.30 </td> <td>30.00% </td> <td colspan="4" style="background:pink; text-align:center">Eliminated </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Derek_Sloan_Image.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Derek_Sloan_Image.jpg/50px-Derek_Sloan_Image.jpg" decoding="async" width="50" height="63" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Derek_Sloan_Image.jpg/75px-Derek_Sloan_Image.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Derek_Sloan_Image.jpg/100px-Derek_Sloan_Image.jpg 2x" data-file-width="508" data-file-height="640" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Derek_Sloan" title="Derek Sloan">Derek Sloan</a> </td> <td>27,278 </td> <td>15.64% </td> <td>4,864.67 </td> <td>14.39% </td> <td colspan="8" style="background:pink; text-align:center">Eliminated </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Total </th> <th align="right">174,404 </th> <th align="right">100% </th> <th align="right">33,800 </th> <th align="right">100% </th> <th align="right">171,388 </th> <th align="right">100% </th> <th align="right">33,800 </th> <th align="right">100% </th> <th align="right">153,991 </th> <th align="right">100% </th> <th align="right">33,800 </th> <th align="right">100% </th></tr></tbody></table> <p><br /> </p> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:758px;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="9"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar ul{display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::before{margin-right:-0.125em;content:"[ "}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::after{margin-left:-0.125em;content:" ]"}.mw-parser-output .navbar li{word-spacing:-0.125em}.mw-parser-output .navbar a>span,.mw-parser-output .navbar a>abbr{text-decoration:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-mini abbr{font-variant:small-caps;border-bottom:none;text-decoration:none;cursor:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-full{font-size:114%;margin:0 7em}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-mini{font-size:114%;margin:0 4em}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}@media(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}}@media print{.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:none!important}}</style><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini" style="float:left;"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:2011_Canadian_federal_election/Central_Nova" title="Template:2011 Canadian federal election/Central Nova"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:2011_Canadian_federal_election/Central_Nova" title="Template talk:2011 Canadian federal election/Central Nova"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:2011_Canadian_federal_election/Central_Nova" title="Special:EditPage/Template:2011 Canadian federal election/Central Nova"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><a href="/wiki/2011_Canadian_federal_election" title="2011 Canadian federal election">2011 Canadian federal election</a>: <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Central_Nova" title="Central Nova">Central Nova</a></span> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2 style=" bgcolor="">Party </th> <th width="250px">Candidate </th> <th width="48px">Votes</th> <th width="43px">%</th> <th width="52px"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span></th> <th width="90px">Expenditures </th></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #6495ED; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_of_Canada" title="Conservative Party of Canada">Conservative</a></td> <td><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Peter MacKay</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">21,593</td> <td style="text-align:right;">56.79</td> <td style="text-align:right;">+10.19</td> <td style="text-align:right;">$66,993.75 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #F4A460; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/New_Democratic_Party" title="New Democratic Party">New Democratic</a></td> <td>David Parker</td> <td style="text-align:right;">9,412</td> <td style="text-align:right;">24.75</td> <td style="text-align:right;">+5.19</td> <td style="text-align:right;">$22,391.41 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #EA6D6A; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal</a></td> <td>John Hamilton</td> <td style="text-align:right;">5,614</td> <td style="text-align:right;">14.76</td> <td style="text-align:right;">–</td> <td style="text-align:right;">$38,162.02 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; 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width:16px; border-top:border-top:1px solid darkgray;"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-top:border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_of_Canada" title="Conservative Party of Canada">Conservative</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:right;border-top:border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:border-top:1px solid darkgray;">+2.50 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7" style="border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Sources:<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:758px;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="9"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini" style="float:left;"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:2008_Canadian_federal_election/Central_Nova" title="Template:2008 Canadian federal election/Central Nova"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:2008_Canadian_federal_election/Central_Nova" title="Template talk:2008 Canadian federal election/Central Nova"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:2008_Canadian_federal_election/Central_Nova" title="Special:EditPage/Template:2008 Canadian federal election/Central Nova"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><a href="/wiki/2008_Canadian_federal_election" title="2008 Canadian federal election">2008 Canadian federal election</a>: <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Central_Nova" title="Central Nova">Central Nova</a></span> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2 style=" bgcolor="">Party </th> <th width="250px">Candidate </th> <th width="48px">Votes</th> <th width="43px">%</th> <th width="52px"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span></th> <th width="90px">Expenditures </th></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #6495ED; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_of_Canada" title="Conservative Party of Canada">Conservative</a></td> <td><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Peter MacKay</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">18,240</td> <td style="text-align:right;">46.60</td> <td style="text-align:right;">+5.94</td> <td style="text-align:right;">$61,468.89 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #99C955; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_Canada" title="Green Party of Canada">Green</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_May" title="Elizabeth May">Elizabeth May</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">12,620</td> <td style="text-align:right;">32.24</td> <td style="text-align:right;">+30.65</td> <td style="text-align:right;">$57,490.60 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #F4A460; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/New_Democratic_Party" title="New Democratic Party">New Democratic</a></td> <td>Louise Lorifice</td> <td style="text-align:right;">7,659</td> <td style="text-align:right;">19.56</td> <td style="text-align:right;">-13.33</td> <td style="text-align:right;">$39,917.36 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #CC6699; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Christian_Heritage_Party_of_Canada" title="Christian Heritage Party of Canada">Christian Heritage</a></td> <td>Michael Harris MacKay</td> <td style="text-align:right;">427</td> <td style="text-align:right;">1.09</td> <td style="text-align:right;">–</td> <td style="text-align:right;"><small><i>none listed</i></small> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #DC143C; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Action_Party" title="Canadian Action Party">Canadian Action</a></td> <td>Paul Kemp</td> <td style="text-align:right;">196</td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.50</td> <td style="text-align:right;">–</td> <td style="text-align:right;">$87.79 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Total valid votes/expense limit </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">39,142</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">100.0  </span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap"> </span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">$80,462</span> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">304</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">0.77</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">+0.42</span> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Turnout </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">39,446</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">67.01</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">-2.16</span> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Eligible voters </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">58,863</span> </td></tr> <tr style="color:black;background-color:white"> <td style="color:black;background:#6495ED; width:16px; border-top:border-top:1px solid darkgray;"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-top:border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_of_Canada" title="Conservative Party of Canada">Conservative</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:right;border-top:border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:border-top:1px solid darkgray;">-24.71 </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:758px;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="9"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini" style="float:left;"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:2006_Canadian_federal_election/Central_Nova" title="Template:2006 Canadian federal election/Central Nova"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:2006_Canadian_federal_election/Central_Nova&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Template talk:2006 Canadian federal election/Central Nova (page does not exist)"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:2006_Canadian_federal_election/Central_Nova" title="Special:EditPage/Template:2006 Canadian federal election/Central Nova"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><a href="/wiki/2006_Canadian_federal_election" title="2006 Canadian federal election">2006 Canadian federal election</a>: <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Central_Nova" title="Central Nova">Central Nova</a></span> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2 style=" bgcolor="">Party </th> <th width="250px">Candidate </th> <th width="48px">Votes</th> <th width="43px">%</th> <th width="52px"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span></th> <th width="90px">Expenditures </th></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #6495ED; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_of_Canada" title="Conservative Party of Canada">Conservative</a></td> <td><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Peter MacKay</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">17,134</td> <td style="text-align:right;">40.66</td> <td style="text-align:right;">-2.61</td> <td style="text-align:right;">$55,938.56 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #F4A460; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/New_Democratic_Party" title="New Democratic Party">New Democratic</a></td> <td>Alexis MacDonald</td> <td style="text-align:right;">13,861</td> <td style="text-align:right;">32.89</td> <td style="text-align:right;">+5.23</td> <td style="text-align:right;">$28,582.28 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #EA6D6A; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal</a></td> <td>Dan Walsh</td> <td style="text-align:right;">10,349</td> <td style="text-align:right;">24.56</td> <td style="text-align:right;">-1.83</td> <td style="text-align:right;">$43,064.69 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #99C955; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_Canada" title="Green Party of Canada">Green</a></td> <td>David Orton</td> <td style="text-align:right;">671</td> <td style="text-align:right;">1.59</td> <td style="text-align:right;">-1.09</td> <td style="text-align:right;">$901.04 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #CD5C5C; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Canada_(Marxist%E2%80%93Leninist)" title="Communist Party of Canada (Marxist–Leninist)">Marxist–Leninist</a></td> <td>Allan H. Bezanson</td> <td style="text-align:right;">124</td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.29</td> <td style="text-align:right;">–</td> <td style="text-align:right;"><small><i>none listed</i></small> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Total valid votes/expense limit </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">42,139</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">100.0  </span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap"> </span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">$75,651</span> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">147</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">0.35</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">-0.17</span> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Turnout </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">42,286</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">69.17</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">+3.85</span> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Eligible voters </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">61,137</span> </td></tr> <tr style="color:black;background-color:white"> <td style="color:black;background:#6495ED; width:16px; border-top:border-top:1px solid darkgray;"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-top:border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_of_Canada" title="Conservative Party of Canada">Conservative</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:right;border-top:border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:border-top:1px solid darkgray;">-3.92 </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:758px;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="9"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini" style="float:left;"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:2004_Canadian_federal_election/Central_Nova" title="Template:2004 Canadian federal election/Central Nova"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:2004_Canadian_federal_election/Central_Nova&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Template talk:2004 Canadian federal election/Central Nova (page does not exist)"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:2004_Canadian_federal_election/Central_Nova" title="Special:EditPage/Template:2004 Canadian federal election/Central Nova"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><a href="/wiki/2004_Canadian_federal_election" title="2004 Canadian federal election">2004 Canadian federal election</a>: <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Central_Nova" title="Central Nova">Central Nova</a></span> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2 style=" bgcolor="">Party </th> <th width="250px">Candidate </th> <th width="48px">Votes</th> <th width="43px">%</th> <th width="52px"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span></th> <th width="90px">Expenditures </th></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #6495ED; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_of_Canada" title="Conservative Party of Canada">Conservative</a></td> <td><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Peter MacKay</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">16,376</td> <td style="text-align:right;">43.27</td> <td style="text-align:right;">-8.13</td> <td style="text-align:right;">$53,745.97 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #F4A460; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/New_Democratic_Party" title="New Democratic Party">New Democratic</a></td> <td>Alexis MacDonald</td> <td style="text-align:right;">10,470</td> <td style="text-align:right;">27.66</td> <td style="text-align:right;">+14.84</td> <td style="text-align:right;">$25,231.91 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #EA6D6A; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal</a></td> <td>Susan Green</td> <td style="text-align:right;">9,986</td> <td style="text-align:right;">26.39</td> <td style="text-align:right;">-3.95</td> <td style="text-align:right;">$44,229.04 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #99C955; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_Canada" title="Green Party of Canada">Green</a></td> <td>Rebecca Mosher</td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,015</td> <td style="text-align:right;">2.68</td> <td style="text-align:right;">–</td> <td style="text-align:right;">$222.50 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Total valid votes/expense limit </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">37,847</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">100.0  </span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap"> </span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">$73,053</span> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">198</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">0.52</span> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Turnout </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">38,045</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">65.32</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">-0.92</span> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Eligible voters </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">58,240</span> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white"> <td style="background:#6495ED; border-top:1px solid darkgray;"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_of_Canada" title="Conservative Party of Canada">Conservative</a> <b>notional gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Canada" title="Progressive Conservative Party of Canada">Progressive Conservative</a> </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">-11.48 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7" style="border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><small>Changes from 2000 are based on redistributed results. Conservative Party change is based on the combination of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party totals.</small> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>2003 Progressive Conservative leadership election – delegate support by ballot </caption> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2" colspan="2">Candidate </th> <th colspan="2">1st ballot </th> <th colspan="2">2nd ballot </th> <th colspan="2">3rd ballot </th> <th colspan="2">4th ballot </th></tr> <tr> <th>Votes cast </th> <th>% </th> <th>Votes cast </th> <th>% </th> <th>Votes cast </th> <th>% </th> <th>Votes cast </th> <th>% </th></tr> <tr style="background:lightgreen;"> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Peter-MacKay.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Peter-MacKay.jpg/50px-Peter-MacKay.jpg" decoding="async" width="50" height="68" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Peter-MacKay.jpg/75px-Peter-MacKay.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Peter-MacKay.jpg/100px-Peter-MacKay.jpg 2x" data-file-width="460" data-file-height="621" /></a></span> </td> <td><b>MACKAY, Peter Gordon</b> </td> <td align="right">1,080 </td> <td align="right">41.1% </td> <td align="right">1,018 </td> <td align="right">39.7% </td> <td align="right">1,128 </td> <td align="right">45.0% </td> <td align="right"><b>1,538</b> </td> <td align="right"><b>64.8%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jim_Prentice.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Jim_Prentice.jpg/50px-Jim_Prentice.jpg" decoding="async" width="50" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Jim_Prentice.jpg/75px-Jim_Prentice.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Jim_Prentice.jpg/100px-Jim_Prentice.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1068" data-file-height="1430" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jim_Prentice" title="Jim Prentice">PRENTICE, James (Jim)</a> </td> <td align="right">478 </td> <td align="right">18.2% </td> <td align="right">466 </td> <td align="right">18.2% </td> <td align="right">761 </td> <td align="right">30.4% </td> <td align="right">836 </td> <td align="right">35.2% </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Orchard" title="David Orchard">ORCHARD, David</a> </td> <td align="right">640 </td> <td align="right">24.3% </td> <td align="right">619 </td> <td align="right">24.1% </td> <td align="right">617 </td> <td align="right">24.6% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:pink;" colspan="2">Endorsed MacKay </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Scott_Brison_2010.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Scott_Brison_2010.jpg/50px-Scott_Brison_2010.jpg" decoding="async" width="50" height="57" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Scott_Brison_2010.jpg/75px-Scott_Brison_2010.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Scott_Brison_2010.jpg/100px-Scott_Brison_2010.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2020" data-file-height="2302" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scott_Brison" title="Scott Brison">BRISON, Scott A.</a> </td> <td align="right">431 </td> <td align="right">16.4% </td> <td align="right">463 </td> <td align="right">18.0% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:pink;" colspan="4">Endorsed Prentice </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Craig_Chandler" title="Craig Chandler">CHANDLER, Craig B.</a> </td> <td align="right">0 </td> <td align="right">— </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:lightblue;" colspan="6">Withdrew before 1st ballot began; Endorsed Prentice </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Total </th> <th align="right">2,629 </th> <th align="right">100.0% </th> <th align="right">2,566 </th> <th align="right">100.0% </th> <th align="right">2,506 </th> <th align="right">100.0% </th> <th align="right">2,374 </th> <th align="right">100.0% </th></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:616px;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="9"><a href="/wiki/2000_Canadian_federal_election" title="2000 Canadian federal election">2000 Canadian federal election</a>: <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Pictou%E2%80%94Antigonish%E2%80%94Guysborough" title="Pictou—Antigonish—Guysborough">Pictou—Antigonish—Guysborough</a></span> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2 style=" bgcolor="">Party </th> <th width="250px">Candidate </th> <th width="48px">Votes</th> <th width="43px">% </th></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #9999FF; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a 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<li><a href="/wiki/John_Manley" title="John Manley">Manley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Graham_(Canadian_politician)" title="Bill Graham (Canadian politician)">Graham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pierre_Pettigrew" title="Pierre Pettigrew">Pettigrew</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">MacKay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maxime_Bernier" title="Maxime Bernier">Bernier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Emerson" title="David Emerson">Emerson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Cannon" title="Lawrence Cannon">Cannon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Baird_(Canadian_politician)" title="John Baird (Canadian politician)">Baird</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Fast" title="Ed Fast">Fast</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Acting)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rob_Nicholson" title="Rob Nicholson">Nicholson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St%C3%A9phane_Dion" title="Stéphane Dion">Dion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chrystia_Freeland" title="Chrystia Freeland">Freeland</a></li> <li><a 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Macdonald</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Guthrie" title="Hugh Guthrie">Guthrie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Robb_(politician)" title="James Robb (politician)">Robb</a> (acting)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Ralston" title="James Ralston">Ralston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donald_Matheson_Sutherland" title="Donald Matheson Sutherland">Sutherland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grote_Stirling" title="Grote Stirling">Stirling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ian_Alistair_Mackenzie" title="Ian Alistair Mackenzie">Mackenzie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norman_McLeod_Rogers" title="Norman McLeod Rogers">Rogers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Gavan_Power" title="Charles Gavan Power">Power</a> (acting)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Ralston" title="James Ralston">Ralston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_McNaughton" title="Andrew McNaughton">McNaughton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_Abbott" title="Douglas Abbott">Abbott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brooke_Claxton" title="Brooke Claxton">Claxton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Campney" title="Ralph Campney">Campney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Pearkes" title="George Pearkes">Pearkes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_Harkness" title="Douglas Harkness">Harkness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gordon_Churchill" title="Gordon Churchill">Churchill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Hellyer" title="Paul Hellyer">Hellyer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/L%C3%A9o_Cadieux" title="Léo Cadieux">Cadieux</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Drury" title="Charles Drury">Drury</a> (acting)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donald_Stovel_Macdonald" title="Donald Stovel Macdonald">D. 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