Neil Franklin MacKay

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Neil Franklin MacKay
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Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
In office
1907–1916
Education
OccupationLawyer, politician

Neil Franklin MacKay (September 22, 1864 [1] January 24, 1922 [2] ) was a lawyer and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Kaslo from 1907 until his retirement at the 1916 provincial election in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia as a Conservative.

He was born in West River, Pictou County, Nova Scotia, the son of Alexander MacKay, and was educated at the Pictou Academy and Dalhousie University. [1] He was called to the Bar for the Northwest Territories in 1894 and then to the British Columbia bar in 1897. [3] MacKay was Deputy Commissioner of Lands and Works in British Columbia from 1901 until 1907, when he resigned that office in 1907 to run for a seat in the provincial assembly. [1] He died in Victoria at the age of 57. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Chambers, Ernest J (1912). Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1912.
  2. 1 2 "Vital Event Death Registration". BC Archives. Retrieved September 17, 2011.[ permanent dead link ]
  3. Parker, C W (1916). Northern who's who; a biographical dictionary of men and women. Vol. 1. p. 475. Retrieved September 20, 2011.