Neil Franklin MacKay

Neil Franklin MacKay (September 22, 1864[1] – January 24, 1922[2]) was a lawyer and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Kaslo from 1907 to 1916 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia as a Conservative.

He was born in West River, Pictou County, Nova Scotia, the son of Alexander MacKay, and was educated at the Pictou Academy and Dalhousie University.[1] He was called to the Bar for the Northwest Territories in 1894 and then to the British Columbia bar in 1897.[3] MacKay was Deputy Commissioner of Lands and Works in British Columbia from 1901 until 1907, when he resigned that office in 1907 to run for a seat in the provincial assembly.[1] He died in Victoria at the age of 57.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c Chambers, Ernest J (1912). Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1912. 
  2. ^ a b "Vital Event Death Registration". BC Archives. http://search.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/sn-4E75D75/view/Deaths/find-adv%2B%20callnumber=%28%221922-09-296458%22%20%29%20AND%20microfilm=%28b13120%29%20%2B%2B%2B%2B/1. Retrieved 2011-09-17. 
  3. ^ Parker, C W (1916). Northern who's who; a biographical dictionary of men and women. Volume 1. p. 475. http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/c-w-parker/northern-whos-who-a-biographical-dictionary-of-men-and-women-kra/page-53-northern-whos-who-a-biographical-dictionary-of-men-and-women-kra.shtml. Retrieved 2011-09-20.