Sheila McKay
Sheila McKay | |
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 Sheila McKay on her 78th Birthday, June 7, 2014 | |
| Member of the Edmonton City Council for Ward 6 | |
| In office 1989–1995 | |
| Preceded by | Terry Cavanagh, Dick Mather |
| Succeeded by | Terry Cavanagh, Ken Kozak |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 7, 1936 Edmonton, Alberta |
| Died | November 2, 2021 |
| Spouse | Murray McKay |
| Children | Murray McKay, Molly Stolz, Johnny McKay, Cory McKay |
| Residence(s) | Edmonton, Alberta |
| Occupation | Registered Nurse |
Sheila Helen McKay (born June 7, 1936) is a Canadian retired politician who served on the Edmonton City Council from 1989 to 1995.[1]
Early life
McKay was born in Edmonton, Alberta. After graduating from Westglen High School, she went on to become a nurse, after attending the Misercordia Hospital School of Nursing.[1] She has worked at the Misercordia Hospital in Edmonton in the emergency and intensive care wards.[1]
Political career
After unsuccessful elections in 1974, 1977, 1980, and 1986, she was elected to Edmonton City Council in the 1989 Edmonton municipal election and re-elected again in the 1992 Edmonton municipal election.[1] She would sit in a seat for Ward 6 until 1995, when she lost re-election. During her term, she became known for notoriously dumping a pitcher of water over the head of alderman Brian Mason during one heated dispute. She later blamed her actions in part on Mayor Jan Reimer's failure to censure Mason for telling her to "shut up".[2] McKay was shortly thereafter ejected from the chamber.[3] She also ran again, unsuccessfully in the 1998, 2007 and 2010 elections.
She is married to Murray McKay and has four children.[1]
Man On The Moon Poem, Written 1986
Man on the moon has conquered outer space
Typically dumped garbage to mark his place
When will Man "The Intelligent One" learn to take and replace as Nature has done?
Look at the junk in the gulliest kitchen
Broken glass, crumpled cans, paper and plastic litter our lands
Pristine lakes and rivers are fewer
Many just a polluted sewer
Auschwitz/Hiroshima/Vietnam
Atrocities done in the name of Man
How can humanity survive
I only hope God is alive
White Man/Black Man/Yellow Man/Red
The Brotherhood of Man is dead
How can Humanity survive?
I only hope God is alive
A baby is born - rain falls, birds sing
We have survived for another spring
Only God must have the solution
To solve this Man made mess pollution
References
- ^ a b c d e "Biographies of Mayors and Councillors". Edmonton Public Library. Archived from the original on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2011-09-27.
- ^ Bennett, Dean (February 4, 2008). "Brian Mason bio". Canadian Press. Retrieved 2008-02-22.
- ^ "More aldermaniac follies". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.