Dave MacKenzie (politician)

David MacKenzie MP
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Oxford
Incumbent
Assumed office June 28, 2004
Preceded by	John Baird Finlay
Chair of the Standing Committee on Justice
In office June 21, 2011 – February 3, 2013
Minister	Rob Nicholson
Preceded by	Ed Fast
Succeeded by	Mike Wallace
Personal details
Born	June 12, 1946 London, Ontario, Canada
Political party	Conservative
Spouse(s)	Lynda MacKenzie
Residence	Woodstock, Ontario
Profession	police officer

David "Dave" MacKenzie (born June 12, 1946) is a Canadian politician. He is a current member of the House of Commons of Canada, representing the riding of Oxford, Ontario as a Conservative.

Born in London, Ontario, MacKenzie served with the Woodstock City Police from 1967 to 1997, and was Chief of Police from 1987 to 1997. In 1997, he became the General Manager of Roetin Industries Canada.

He first ran for parliament in the federal election of 1997 as a Progressive Conservative, losing to Liberal John Finlay by 1,575 votes. He ran again in the election of 2000, and lost to Finlay by roughly the same margin. It may be noted that the national Progressive Conservative Party had a weak organization in Ontario during this period, and that Mackenzie's vote totals were well above the party's provincial average and that in both 1997 and 2000, the right wing vote was split between the Progressive Conservatives and Reform who later became the Canadian Alliance.

In 2002, MacKenzie was the Bosnia and Herzegovina trainer for the National Democratic Institute in Washington, D.C.

The Progressive Conservatives merged with the Canadian Alliance as the Conservative Party of Canada in early 2004, and Mackenzie joined the new party. Finlay did not run in the 2004 election, and MacKenzie defeated new Liberal candidate Murray Coulter by about 6,500 votes. After the election, he was named as his party's associate critic for National Defense. In the 2006 federal election, MacKenzie was re-elected to his Oxford seat, beating Liberal candidate Greig Mordue by a wide margin. With the Conservative Party of Canada forming a minority government, MacKenzie was selected as parliamentary secretary for the Ministry of Public Safety.

Electoral record

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Dave MacKenzie	25,966	45.7	-13.27	–
	Liberal	Don McKay	18,299	32.2	+22.66	–
	New Democratic	Zoe Kunschner	9,406	16.5	-8.95	–
	Green	Mike Farlow	2,004	3.5	-0.83	–
	Christian Heritage	Melody Ann Aldred	1,175	2.1	+0.49	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			56,850	100.0		$220,268.26
Total rejected ballots			241	–	–
Turnout			57,041	68.36	+6.16
Eligible voters			83,431
	Conservative hold		Swing		-17.96
Source: Elections Canada[1][2]

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Dave MacKenzie	27,973	58.90	+6.23	$56,267
	New Democratic	Paul Arsenault	12,164	25.61	+7.59	$14,065
	Liberal	Tim Lobzun	4,521	9.52	-9.86	$13,495
	Green	Mike Farlow	2,058	4.33	-3.24	$12,611
	Christian Heritage	John Markus	776	1.63	-0.70	$1,478
Total valid votes/Expense limit			47,492	100.00		$85,881.86
Total rejected ballots			179	0.38	-0.05
Turnout			47,671	62.60	+3.58
Eligible voters			76,149	–	–

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Dave MacKenzie	23,330	52.67	+6.13	$57,473
	Liberal	Martha Dennis	8,586	19.38	-8.70	$50,017
	New Democratic	Diane Abbott	7,982	18.02	+0.65	$9,242
	Green	Cathy Mott	3,355	7.57	+4.43	$2,819
	Christian Heritage	Shaun MacDonald	1,036	2.33	-0.55	$14,229
Total valid votes/Expense limit			44,289	100.00	$82,866
Total rejected ballots			145	0.33	-
Turnout			44,434	59.02
	Conservative hold		Swing		+7.4

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Conservative	Dave MacKenzie	23,140	46.54	+1.6
	Liberal	Greig Mordue	13,961	28.08	-2.4
	New Democratic	Zoé Dorcas Kunschner	8,639	17.37	+2.9
	Green	Ronnee Sykes	1,566	3.14	-1.2
	Christian Heritage	John Markus	1,434	2.88	-0.4
	Marijuana	James Bender	771	1.55	-0.1
	Libertarian	Kaye Sargent	204	0.41	-0.1
Total valid votes			49,715	100.00
Total rejected ballots			164	0.33
Turnout			49,879	67.14

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Conservative	Dave MacKenzie	20,606	44.9	-12.5
	Liberal	Murray Coulter	14,011	30.5	-5.0
	New Democratic	Zoé Dorcas Kunschner	6,673	14.5	-5.3
	Green	Irene Tietz	1,951	4.3
	Christian Heritage	Leslie Bartley	1,534	3.3
	Marijuana	James Bender	794	1.7
	Libertarian	Kaye Sargent	226	0.5
	Canadian Action	Alex Kreider	108	0.2	-0.3
Total valid votes			45,903	100.0

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	John Baird Finlay	15,181	35.6	-0.4
	Progressive Conservative	Dave MacKenzie	13,050	30.6	-1.9
	Alliance	Patricia Smith	11,455	26.8	+5.8
	New Democratic	Shawn Rouse	2,254	5.3	-2.2
	Independent	John Thomas Markus	536	1.3
	Canadian Action	Alex Kreider	227	0.5	+0.1
Total valid votes			42,703	100.0

Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	John Baird Finlay	16,281	36.0	-4.9
	Progressive Conservative	Dave MacKenzie	14,706	32.5	+10.1
	Reform	Bill Irvine	9,533	21.1	-5.7
	New Democratic	Martin Donlevy	3,406	7.5	+2.5
	Christian Heritage	John Zekveld	956	2.1	+0.1
	Canadian Action	Alex Kreider	192	0.4
	Natural Law	Jim Morris	181	0.4	-0.1
Total valid votes			45,255	100.0

References

1. Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Oxford, 30 September 2015
2. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates

External links

• Parliament of Canada Political Profile