Newton LeGayet Mackay
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Newton LeGayet Mackay (1832 – May 20, 1886) was a Canadian lawyer and political figure. He represented Cape Breton in the House of Commons of Canada from 1872 to 1878 as a Conservative and then Liberal member.[1]
He was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia,[1] the son of William McKay, and was educated there. Mackay was called to the Nova Scotia bar in 1859 and named a Queen's Counsel in 1872. He ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the Nova Scotia assembly in 1867 and 1871 before he was elected to the House of Commons. Mackay became a Liberal following the Pacific Scandal.[2] After his defeat by Hugh McLeod in 1878, he was an unsuccessful candidate in each subsequent federal election until his death in 1886[1] in Sydney. In 1879, he married Kate Bown. Mackay served as treasurer for Cape Breton County.[3]
Electoral record
| By-election on 3 July 1884
On Mr. McDonald being called to the Senate | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal–Conservative | Hector Francis McDougall | 1,395 | |||
| Liberal | Newton LeGayet Mackay | 1,245 | |||
| 1882 Canadian federal election: Cape Breton | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected | ||||
| Conservative | William McDonald | 1,297 | 23.14 |  | ||||
| Conservative | Murray Dodd | 1,237 | 22.07 | | ||||
| Liberal–Conservative | William Mackenzie McLeod | 1,124 | 20.05 | |||||
| Liberal | Newton LeGayet Mackay | 1,013 | 18.07 | |||||
| Liberal–Conservative | Hector Francis McDougall | 934 | 16.66 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 5,605 | – | ||||||
| Source: Library of Parliament[4] | ||||||||
| By-election on 23 October 1879
On Mr. McLeod's death, 5 August 1879 | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal–Conservative | William Mackenzie McLeod | 1,094 | |||
| Liberal | Newton LeGayet Mackay | 866 | |||
| Conservative | Murray Dodd | 799 | |||
| 1878 Canadian federal election: Cape Breton | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected | ||||
| Liberal–Conservative | Hugh McLeod | 2,056 | 34.52 | | ||||
| Conservative | William McDonald | 2,051 | 34.44 | | ||||
| Liberal | Newton LeGayet Mackay | 1,153 | 19.36 | |||||
| Unknown | Walter Young | 696 | 11.69 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 5,956 | – | ||||||
| Source: Library of Parliament[5][6][7] | ||||||||
| 1874 Canadian federal election: Cape Breton | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected | ||||
| Conservative | William McDonald | 1,251 | 35.79 | | ||||
| Liberal | Newton LeGayet Mackay | 1,136 | 32.50 | | ||||
| Liberal–Conservative | Hugh McLeod | 1,108 | 31.70 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 3,495 | – | ||||||
| Source: Library of Parliament[8][9][10] | ||||||||
| 1872 Canadian federal election: Cape Breton | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected | ||||
| Conservative | Newton LeGayet Mackay | 1,240 | 30.30 | | ||||
| Conservative | William McDonald | 1,038 | 25.37 | | ||||
| Liberal–Conservative | Hugh McLeod | 932 | 22.78 | |||||
| Liberal–Conservative | James Charles McKeagney | 882 | 21.55 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 4,092 | – | ||||||
| Source: Library of Parliament[11][12] | ||||||||
References
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- ↑ Mackintosh, C.H., ed. (1877). The Canadian Parliamentary Companion and Annual Register. Ottawa: Citizen Printing and Publishing Company. p. 167.
- ↑ Johnson, J.K. (1968). The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967. Public Archives of Canada. p. 417.
- ↑ Canada, Library of Parliament (2026). "Elections and Ridings: Cape Breton, Nova Scotia (1882)". lop.parl.ca.
- ↑ Canada, Library of Parliament (2026). "Elections and Ridings: Cape Breton, Nova Scotia (1878)". lop.parl.ca.
- ↑ Pope, Richard (1879). Return on the Fourth General Election for the House of Commons of Canada (Report). Ottawa: Queen's Printer.
- ↑ Sayers, Anthony M. "1878 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 22 January 2024.
- ↑ Canada, Library of Parliament (2026). "Elections and Ridings: Cape Breton, Nova Scotia (1874)". lop.parl.ca.
- ↑ Pope, Richard (1874). Return on the Third General Election for the House of Commons of Canada (Report). Ottawa: Queen's Printer.
- ↑ Sayers, Anthony M. "1874 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 22 January 2024.
- ↑ Canada, Library of Parliament (2026). "Elections and Ridings: Cape Breton, Nova Scotia (1872)". lop.parl.ca.
- ↑ Sayers, Anthony M. "1872 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 3 February 2024.