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♂ Murdoch Mackay
aliasMurdoch Mackay
Record
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United Church   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Manitoba 1 2 3
Birth 30 April 1884 → 139 years + 11 months ago
Lived 78 years + 7 months
First mandate 28 June 1927 → 96 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 43 years + 1 month
Death 18 December 1962 → 61 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 30 years + 6 months after 15 June 1932
Special notes
None
 
Murdoch Mackay (1884–1962)
© Photo Transcona Historical Museum via the Manitoba Historical Society — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Manitoba 4 11 18 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. MB 18
LIB
 1 Party leader 47 26 Jun 1931 — 14 Feb 1932 0 7 19

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Clifford Barclay  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ George E. Olive  m 
 		 ⊖ John A. Matheson  m 
 
Eligible: 5,140 Votes: 3,339 Participation: 64.96% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
18		 Manitoba
28 June 1927
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  PROG  Majority
ID: 37322(F) — 20 Mar 2022 18:54 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
43
LIB
 1/3 1,389 41.60% -70 Loser:
PROG
 1,459 43.70% Clifford Barclay

Service: 4 years 11 months 18 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 9,697 Votes: 6,989 Participation: 72.07% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
19		 Manitoba
16 June 1932
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  LIBP  Majority
ID: 37372(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
48
LIBP
 2/5 2,407 34.44% -628 Winner:
FALA
 3,035 43.43% Clifford Barclay
Eligible: 12,150 Votes: 6,589 Participation: 54.23% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
22		 Manitoba
15 October 1945
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  COAL  Majority
ID: 37519(F) — 6 Sep 2023 16:52 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
61
LIBP
 2/4 1,760 27.07% -1,132 Winner:
CCF
 2,892 44.49% George E. Olive

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Mackay, Murdoch M.D.		 20 Feb 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Mackay, Murdoch M.D.		 20 Feb 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
Murdoch Mackay (1884-1962)		 20 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Murdoch Mackay		 20 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 20 Feb 2024 18:44 (but data presented dynamically)

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