Dennis MacKay

Dennis MacKay
MLA for Bulkley Valley-Stikine
In office 2001–2009
Preceded by	Bill Goodacre
Succeeded by	riding dissolved
Personal details
Born	1942 (age 73–74)
Political party	Liberal

Dennis MacKay (born 1942) is a former Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Bulkley Valley-Stikine in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 2001 to 2009.^[1]

MacKay moved into the riding in 1981. Before becoming an MLA, MacKay worked as a private investigator, a provincial coroner, and a security patrol agent. He served with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) for more than 30 years, including two years with the RCMP's Musical Ride.

Election results

British Columbia general election, 2001: Bulkley Valley-Stikine
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Dennis MacKay	7,414	55.93%	+27.06	$44,836
	New Democratic	Bill Goodacre	2,823	21.29%	−15.73	$30,795
	Unity	Rod Taylor	1,190	8.98%	–	$11,169
	Green	Rolf Hussinger	856	6.46%	+5.29	$3,693
	Marijuana	Trevor McKilligan	507	3.82%	–	$582
	All Nations	Theresa Tait	405	3.05%	–	$5,540
	Citizens Alliance	Bill Forsyth	62	0.47%	–	–
Total valid votes			13,257	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			44	0.33%
Turnout			13,301	73.28%

British Columbia general election, 2005: Bulkley Valley-Stikine
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Dennis MacKay	6,279	48.30%	$96,735
	New Democratic	Doug Donaldson	5,177	39.82%	$50,561
	Green	Leanna Mitchell	769	5.91%	$3,466
	Democratic Reform	Nipper Kettle	354	2.72%	$2,899
	Marijuana	Reginald Bruce Gunanoot	205	1.58%	$100
	British Columbia Party	Jack Kortmeyer	175	1.35%	$344
	People's Front	Frank Martin	41	0.32%	$540
Total Valid Votes			13,000	100%
Total Rejected Ballots			60	0.46%
Turnout			13,060	68.78%

References

1. MacKay declines to run for 2009 re-election Bender, Quinn. The Interior News [Smithers, B.C] 04 June 2008: 1.

External links

• Dennis Mackay at the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.