Eric McKay

Eric McKay
Member of Parliament
for Weyburn
In office
June 1945  June 1949
Preceded by Thomas Clement Douglas
Succeeded by riding dissolved
Personal details
Born Eric Bowness McKay
(1899-11-26)26 November 1899
Summerside, Prince Edward Island
Died 20 February 1994(1994-02-20) (aged 94)
Regina, Saskatchewan
Political party Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
Spouse(s) Lydia Lang Gibson
m. 29 September 1923[1]
Profession principal, teacher

Eric Bowness McKay (26 November 1899 20 February 1994) was a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Summerside, Prince Edward Island and became a principal and teacher by career. He was also a school principal at Radville, Saskatchewan from 1925 to 1941.[1]

He was first elected to Parliament at the Weyburn riding in the 1945 general election. After serving his only federal term, and after a change in electoral districts, the 20th Canadian Parliament, he was defeated in the 1949 federal election at Maple Creek riding by Irvin Studer of the Liberal party.

References

  1. 1 2 Normandin, G. Pierre (1947). Canadian Parliamentary Guide.

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