Harold MacKay

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Harold Hugh MacKay, O.C., Q.C., LL.B. (born 1940 in Regina, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian lawyer and corporate director.

He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1960 from the University of Saskatchewan and a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1963 from Dalhousie University. He was called to Bar of Saskatchewan in 1964. He was made a Queen's Counsel in 1981.

He joined the Western Canada law firm of MacPherson Leslie & Tyerman LLP as an Associate in 1963, becoming Partner in 1969, Managing Partner in 1989, and Chairman in 1997. He is currently a Counsel with the firm.

From 1997 to 1998, he chaired the Task Force on the Future of the Canadian Financial Services Sector. From 2002 to 2003, he was the Clifford Clark Visiting Economist, a key advisory position, for Canada's Department of Finance.

He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Toronto-Dominion Bank and The Mosaic Company. He also served on the Boards of Ipsco Inc., IMC Global Inc., Weyerhaeuser Canada Ltd., and the Bank of Canada.

In 2002, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.

He and his wife Jean have two children, Carol and Donald.