John McKay (politician)

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Hon. John Norman McKay

Member of Parliament for Scarborough—Guildwood
Incumbent
Assumed office 1997
Preceded by	Doug Peters

Born	March 21, 1948 (1948-03-21) (age 60) Toronto, Ontario
Political party	Liberal
Spouse	Carolyn McKay
Residence	Toronto
Profession	attorney
Religion	Baptist

For the New Brunswick-based provincial and municipal politician, see John McKay (New Brunswick politician); for others see John McKay (disambiguation)

John Norman McKay, PC, MP (born March 21, 1948) is a lawyer and a Liberal Canadian politician. As of 2006 he is the Member of Parliament for the riding of Scarborough—Guildwood. McKay was formerly the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance while the Liberal party governed, but now serves as an opposition MP.

Born in Toronto, McKay has lived most of his life in Scarborough, Ontario. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Toronto at Scarborough and a Bachelor of Laws degree from Queen’s University. He is a member of Spring Garden Baptist Church in Toronto.[1]

After practising private law for a number of years, he was elected to represent Scarborough East in 1997 and reelected in 2000. He was elected to represent the riding of Scarborough—Guildwood in 2004. He is known to be among the most socially conservative members of his party; in particular, he strongly opposed same-sex marriage. He was re-elected by a wide margin in 2006.

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Parliament of Canada
Preceded by Doug Peters	Member of Parliament for Scarborough East 1997-2004	Succeeded by The electoral district was abolished in 2003.
Preceded by The electoral district was established in 2003.	Member of Parliament for Scarborough—Guildwood 2004-	Succeeded by Incumbent

Persondata
NAME	McKay, John N.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Canadian politician
DATE OF BIRTH	March 21, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH	Toronto, Canada
DATE OF DEATH	living
PLACE OF DEATH