Peter Charles McKay was a member of the
Tasmanian Legislative Council
The Tasmanian Legislative Council is the upper house of the Parliament of Tasmania in Australia. It is one of the two chambers of the Parliament, the other being the House of Assembly. Both houses sit in Parliament House in the state capital, ...
from 1976 until 1999.
McKay was first elected as an independent member in the
Electoral division of Pembroke
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after his father,
Ben McKay died in office. In the ensuing 1976 Pembroke by-election he secured a majority of votes.
He became a member of the
Liberal Party
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in 1991, thus becoming only the second Liberal to hold a seat on the Legislative Council. McKay only faced one election as a Liberal member, in 1995, which he won on preferences.
McKay served as Minister for Health during the
Rundle government.
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1948 births
Living people
Members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council
Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Tasmania