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♂ John Bradley McKay
aliasJohn Bradley McKay
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 71%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
New Brunswick 5 2 7
Birth 8 June 1948
Age 75 years + 10 months
First mandate 18 November 1974 → 49 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 26 years + 5 months
 
Mandate ended 24 years + 10 months ago (6 June 1999)
Special notes
None
 
John Bradley McKay (1948– )
© Photo Legislative Assembly, New Brunswick — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Length of Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
New Brunswick 19 6 12 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NB 53
LIB
 1 Speaker 49–50 04 Nov 1997 — 06 Jun 1999 1 7 2

Electoral history

Races 7  
Path points 7  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Paul W. Dawson  m  (4 runoffs)
⊕ Arch C. Pafford  m 
 		 ⊕ Kim Jardine  f 
 
Eligible: 7,485 Votes: 5,844 Participation: 78.08% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
48		 New Brunswick
18 November 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 8513(F) — 22 Jul 2021 09:36 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
26
LIB
 1/3 2,589 44.61% +384 Loser:
PC
 2,205 38.00% Earle McKenna

Service: 3 years 11 months 4 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 7,767 Votes: 6,406 Participation: 82.48% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
49		 New Brunswick
23 October 1978
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 8454(F) — 22 Jul 2021 09:36 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
30
LIB
 1/2 3,200 50.58% +73 Loser:
PC
 3,127 49.42% Douglas R. Woods

Service: 3 years 11 months 18 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 8,211 Votes: 7,273 Participation: 88.58% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
50		 New Brunswick
12 October 1982
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1773(F) — 21 Mar 2024 20:33 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
34
LIB
 2/3 2,988 41.33% -473 Winner:
PC
 3,461 47.87% Paul W. Dawson
Eligible: 8,588 Votes: 7,707 Participation: 89.74% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
51		 New Brunswick
13 October 1987
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 1715(F) — 21 Mar 2024 20:33 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
39
LIB
 1/3 4,120 53.73% +786 Loser:
PC
 3,334 43.48% Paul W. Dawson

Service: 3 years 11 months 9 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 8,947 Votes: 7,759 Participation: 86.72% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
52		 New Brunswick
23 September 1991
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 1655(F) — 21 Mar 2024 20:33 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
LIB
 1/4 2,583 33.45% +10 Loser:
PC
 2,573 33.32% Paul W. Dawson

Service: 3 years 11 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 10,210 Votes: 8,292 Participation: 81.21% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
53		 New Brunswick
11 September 1995
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 620(F) — 21 Mar 2024 20:33 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
LIB
 1/3 4,081 49.54% +278 Loser:
PC
 3,803 46.17% Paul W. Dawson

Service: 3 years 8 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 9,947 Votes: 7,927 Participation: 79.69% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
54		 New Brunswick
7 June 1999
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 565(F) — 22 Jul 2021 09:36 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
50
LIB
 2/3 2,975 37.64% -1,101 Winner:
PC
 4,076 51.57% Kim Jardine

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Speakers of the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly
Hon. John McKay		 21 Mar 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Nouveau-Brunswick, Présidents de l'Assemblée législative du Nouveau-Brunswick
L’hon. John McKay		 21 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
John McKay (New Brunswick politician)		 21 Mar 2024
FR Wikipédia
John McKay (homme politique néo-brunswickois)		 21 Mar 2024

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