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Elmer MacKay, Longtime Progressive Conservative MP for Nova Scotia, Dead at 89
Peter MacKay said his father died at 90 after more than two decades in federal politics and cabinet posts under Brian Mulroney.
- On Friday, July 24, 2026, former Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative MP Elmer MacKay died at age 90; his son, Peter MacKay, a former MP, confirmed the news on social media.
- Born in Hopewell, Nova Scotia, MacKay served in Parliament for over 20 years after his first election in 1971 with the Progressive Conservatives.
- Before entering politics, the Central Nova representative worked as a lawyer and resigned his seat in 1983 to allow Mulroney to run in a byelection.
- Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston praised his dedication to Pictou County roots, noting he 'kept his name and number in the phone book' so constituents could reach him.
- Peter MacKay wrote that his father 'loved the forest, poetry, sport, law and good debate, the Yankees and especially his family,' leaving a legacy of hard work and 'legions of friends.
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GrowCola.comElmer MacKay, former federal minister and Nova Scotia MP, dies at 89
Elmer MacKay, a former Progressive Conservative cabinet minister, longtime Nova Scotia MP and father of onetime federal party leader Peter MacKay, has died at 89.
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Elmer MacKay, a Nova Scotia politician who represented Central Nova in the federal Parliament for more than two decades, died.
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Elmer MacKay, longtime Progressive Conservative MP for Nova Scotia, dead at 89
OTTAWA - Elmer MacKay, a Nova Scotia politician who spent more than two decades representing the Central Nova district in the federal government, has died at age 89.
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