Eric McKay
Canadian politician
Eric McKay | |
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Member of Parliament for Weyburn | |
In office June 1945 – June 1949 | |
Preceded by | Thomas Clement Douglas |
Succeeded by | riding dissolved |
Personal details | |
Born | Eric Bowness McKay (1899-11-26)26 November 1899 Summerside, Prince Edward Island |
Died | 20 February 1994(1994-02-20) (aged 94) Regina, Saskatchewan |
Political party | Co-operative Commonwealth Federation |
Spouse(s) | Lydia Lang Gibson m. 29 September 1923[1] |
Profession | principal, teacher |
Eric Bowness McKay (26 November 1899 – 20 February 1994) was a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Summerside, Prince Edward Island and became a principal and teacher by career. He was also a school principal at Radville, Saskatchewan from 1925 to 1941.[1]
He was first elected to Parliament at the Weyburn riding in the 1945 general election. After serving his only federal term, and after a change in electoral districts, the 20th Canadian Parliament, he was defeated in the 1949 federal election at Maple Creek riding by Irvin Studer of the Liberal party.
References
- ^ a b Normandin, G. Pierre (1947). Canadian Parliamentary Guide.
External links
- Eric McKay – Parliament of Canada biography
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