Scott McKay
| Scott McKay | |
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| MNA for L'Assomption | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Éric Laporte |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 2, 1960 Montréal-Est, Quebec |
| Political party | Green → Parti Québécois |
Scott McKay (born December 2, 1960) is a Canadian politician, a member of the Quebec National Assembly for the riding of l'Assomption, a former leader of the Green Party of Quebec, and a former Montreal council member.[1]
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[edit] Background
McKay was born to a francophone mother and an Irish-anglophone father in the town of Montréal-Est.[2] He has completed a M.Sc. in Environmental sciences at the Université du Québec à Montréal and is currently working in the field of water treatment. He also obtained a bachelor's degree in sciences at the UQAM in 1987.
[edit] Municipal politics
In 1986, he was elected to Montreal's City Council as candidate of Jean Doré's Rassemblement des citoyens et citoyennes de Montréal (RCM) for the district of Honoré-Beaugrand. He was re-elected in 1990, but lost to Ivon Le Duc in 1994 as Pierre Bourque became mayor.
[edit] Provincial politics
McKay became leader of the Green Party of Quebec on May 28, 2006.[3] The party ran candidates in 108 out of Quebec's 125 districts in 2007. None of them were elected. McKay himself finished fourth in the district of Bourget with 2,632 ballots and about 8.09% of the vote. The winner was Diane Lemieux of the Parti Québécois.
McKay lost the party leadership at a convention held in Trois-Rivières on March 29, 2008. Guy Rainville had won a mail-in vote with 268 ballots (54%) against McKay's 225. Nonetheless, McKay was the Green candidate in the by-election that was called as a result of Lemieux's resignation in the district of Bourget.[4]
[edit] Switch to the Parti Québécois
McKay switched parties to run for the Parti Québécois in the 2008 Quebec election, in the riding of L'Assomption.[5]
On December 8, 2008, he was elected as an MNA for the PQ in the riding of L'Assomption.
He is likely to face François Legault, leader of the Coalition Avenir Québec, at the next general election.[6]
[edit] See also
[edit] Electoral record (partial)
| Quebec provincial by-election, May 12, 2008: Bourget | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec. |
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[edit] References
- ^ CNEWS: Green Party of Quebec rejects merger
- ^ La Presse: Portrait de Scott McKay
- ^ Scott McKay elected chief of the Green Party of Quebec (Google Translation of Scott McKay élu chef du Parti vert du Québec)
- ^ Guy Rainville crée la surprise, Radio-Canada, March 29, 2008
- ^ http://www.ledevoir.com/2008/11/06/214409.html
- ^ http://www.cyberpresse.ca/actualites/quebec-canada/politique-quebecoise/201112/15/01-4478296-francois-legault-se-presentera-dans-lassomption.php?utm_categorieinterne=trafficdrivers&utm_contenuinterne=cyberpresse_B4_manchettes_231_accueil_POS1
[edit] External links
- "Biography" (in French). Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours. National Assembly of Quebec. http://www.assnat.qc.ca/en/deputes/mckay-scott-29/index.html.
- Parti Quebecois biopage (French)
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Jacques Martineau |
City Councillor, District of Honoré-Beaugrand 1986-1994 |
Succeeded by Ivon Le Duc (Vision Montreal) |
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| Preceded by Richard Savignac |
Leaders of the Green Party of Quebec 2006-2008 |
Succeeded by Guy Rainville |
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