Neil Franklin MacKay
Birth dateSeptember 22, 1864
Birth placeWest River, Nova Scotia
Death dateJanuary 24, 1922 (aged 57)
Death placeVictoria, British Columbia
OccupationLawyer, politician
FatherAlexander MacKay
Education
PartyConservative
OfficeMember of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
ConstituencyKaslo
Term start1907
Term end1916

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 until his retirement at the 1916 provincial election 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. ^ Chambers, Ernest J (1912). Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1912
  2. ^ "Vital Event Death Registration". BC Archives. Retrieved 2011-09-17.[dead link]
  3. ^ Parker, C W (1916). Northern who's who; a biographical dictionary of men and women. Vol. 1. p. 475. Retrieved 2011-09-20.