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♂ Iain MacKay
aliasIain MacKay
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Yukon 1 0 1
Birth c. 1942
Age ± 82 years
First mandate 20 November 1978 → 45 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age ± 36 years
 
Mandate ended 43 years + 8 months ago (9 August 1980)
Special notes
None
 
Iain MacKay (c.1942– ) 200x171
© Photo 1979 Legislative Assembly, Yukon — 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
Yukon 1 8 19 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. YT 23–24
LIB
 1 Party leader 36–38 01 Jan 1978 — 09 Aug 1980 2 7 8
2. YT 24
LIB
 1 Opposition Leader 36–38 20 Nov 1978 — 09 Aug 1980 1 8 20

Electoral history

Race 1  
Path points 2  
Documented challenger
None
 
 
Eligible: 1,369 Votes: 890 Participation: 65.01% Candidacies: 3
Territorial
24		 Yukon
20 November 1978
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 27133(F) — 28 Feb 2022 10:20 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature (Party leader)
Age
±36
LIB
 1/3 420 47.35% +66 Loser:
PC
 354 39.91% Margaret Heath
After his election:
9 Aug 1980 ±38
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Left territorial politics
Service: 1 year 8 months 20 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 1,496 Votes: 871 Participation: 58.22% Candidacies: 3
Territorial
24		 Yukon
9 March 1981
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 27135(F) — 21 Jul 2021 13:43 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
±39		 Successor:
LIB
 385 44.25% Ronald S. Veale

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
Iain MacKay (politician)		 03 Jan 2024
EN Yukon Legislature Speaks
Iain MacKay		 03 Jan 2024

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