Malcolm A. MacKay (born January 29, 1944) is a Canadian politician. He represented the

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of Sackville in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1978 to 1984. He was a member of the

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. MacKay was born in

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. Educated in Montreal at

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and Collège Sainte-Marie de Montréal, he was a telephone technician. In 1962, he married Claudia June Burns. After serving two years on Halifax County Council, MacKay entered provincial politics in the 1978 election, defeating Liberal incumbent George Doucet in the new Sackville riding. He was re-elected in the 1981 election. In the 1984 election, MacKay was defeated by New Democrat

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, finishing third behind Liberal

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. Controversy arose during the campaign, when MacKay admitted he used a false address to claim expenses as a member living away from the capital. In April 1985, an Auditor General's report asked MacKay to repay over $7,000 in extra expenses. The money was paid back and MacKay was not charged criminally. In February 2004, a political comeback bid ended when MacKay's candidacy for the Conservative nomination in

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for the 2004 federal election was rejected by the party. MacKay attempted to return to provincial politics in the 2006 election, running for the Nova Scotia Liberal Party in Hants East, but finished third.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:MacKay, Malcolm A. Living people 1944 births Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia MLAs People from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia People from Sackville, Nova Scotia Sir George Williams University alumni Nova Scotia municipal councillors 20th-century Canadian politicians