Thomas McKay (Canadian politician)
- Thomas McKay (Canadian politician)
Thomas McKay (January 8 1839 – January 13 1912) was a Canadian politician.
Born in Pictou County, Nova Scotia, the son of William McKay, who emigrated from Sutherlandshire, Scotland, McKay was educated in Pictou. A merchant, he was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons for Colchester in the 1874 general election. Unseated on petition in November 1874, he was re-elected and again in 1878. He resigned in June 1881. He was called to the Senate on the advice of John Alexander Macdonald on December 24, 1881 representing the senatorial division of Truro, Nova Scotia. A Liberal-Conservative, he served for 37 years until his death in 1912. [cite book|title=Personnel of the Senate and House of Commons, eighth Parliament of Canada, elected June 23, 1896|url=http://www.archive.org/details/personnelofsenat00montuoft|accessdate=2007-04-25 |publisher=Lovell|location=Montreal|pages=page 83]
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