Scott McKay

This article is about the Quebec politician. For the former NHL player, see Scott McKay (ice hockey). For the actor, see Scott McKay (actor).

Scott McKay
Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Repentigny
In office
September 4, 2012 – April 7, 2014
Preceded byRiding Established
Succeeded byLise Lavallée
Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for L'Assomption
In office
December 8, 2008 – September 4, 2012
Preceded byÉric Laporte
Succeeded byFrançois Legault
Personal details
Born (1960-12-02) December 2, 1960 (age 64)
Montréal-Est, Quebec, Canada
Political partyGreen → Parti Québécois

Scott McKay (born December 2, 1960) is a Canadian politician, who served as a former leader of the Green Party of Quebec and a former Montreal council member.[1] McKay was elected in 2008 to the Quebec National Assembly for the Parti Québécois but he was defeated in the 2014 Quebec election.[2]

Background

McKay was born to a francophone mother and an Irish-anglophone father in the town of Montréal-Est.[3] He has completed a M.Sc. in Environmental sciences at the Université du Québec à Montréal and is currently working in the field of water treatment. He also obtained a bachelor's degree in sciences at the UQAM in 1987.

Municipal politics

In 1986, he was elected to Montreal's City Council as candidate of Jean Doré's Rassemblement des citoyens et citoyennes de Montréal (RCM) for the district of Honoré-Beaugrand. He was re-elected in 1990, but lost to Ivon Le Duc in 1994 as Pierre Bourque became mayor.

Provincial politics

McKay became leader of the Green Party of Quebec on May 28, 2006.[4] The party ran candidates in 108 out of Quebec's 125 districts in 2007. None of them was elected. McKay himself finished fourth in the district of Bourget with 2,632 ballots and about 8.09% of the vote. The winner was Diane Lemieux of the Parti Québécois.

McKay lost the party leadership at a convention held in Trois-Rivières on March 29, 2008. Guy Rainville had won a mail-in vote with 268 ballots (54%) against McKay's 225. Nonetheless, McKay was the Green candidate in the by-election that was called as a result of Lemieux's resignation in the district of Bourget.[5]

Switch to the Parti Québécois

McKay switched parties to run for the Parti Québécois in the 2008 Quebec election, in the riding of L'Assomption.[6]

On December 8, 2008, he was elected as an MNA for the PQ in the riding of L'Assomption. Due to riding redistribution, McKay ran in the new riding of Repentigny in the 2012 Quebec election and won. Eighteen months later, McKay was defeated by Coalition Avenir Québec candidate Lise Lavallée in the 2014 Quebec election.[2]

See also

Electoral record (partial)

Quebec provincial by-election, May 12, 2008: Bourget
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Parti Québécois Maka Kotto 6,575 40.66 −0.60
Liberal Lyn Thériault 5,161 31.92 +9.07
Green Scott McKay 1,839 11.37 +3.28
Action démocratique Denis Mondor 1,520 9.40 −13.61
Québec solidaire Gaétan Legault 700 4.33 +0.14
Parti indépendantiste Richard Gervais 376 2.33 –
Total valid votes 16,171 99.01 –
Total rejected ballots 162 0.99 –
Turnout 16,333 34.55 −35.34
Electors on the lists 47,276 – –
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.

References

  1. ^ CNEWS: Green Party of Quebec rejects merger
  2. ^ a b Nguonly, Olivia (8 April 2014). "Scott McKay, défait… mais serein". Hebdo Rive Nord. Archived from the original on 8 April 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
  3. ^ La Presse: Portrait de Scott McKay
  4. ^ Scott McKay elected chief of the Green Party of Quebec (Google Translation of Scott McKay élu chef du Parti vert du Québec)
  5. ^ Guy Rainville crée la surprise, Radio-Canada, March 29, 2008
  6. ^ [1] Archived November 9, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
Political offices
Preceded by City Councillor, District of Honoré-Beaugrand
1986-1994 		Succeeded by
Party political offices
Preceded by Leaders of the Green Party of Quebec
2006-2008 		Succeeded by
Guy Rainville