{{Short description|Canadian politician (1942–2024)}} {{more citations needed|date=March 2012}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = | name = Dennis MacKay | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1942|3|23}} | birth_place = Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | death_date = {{death date and age|2024|8|14|1942|3|23}} | death_place = Smithers, British Columbia, Canada | constituency_AM = Bulkley Valley-Stikine | assembly = British Columbia Legislative | term_start = May 16, 2001 | term_end = May 12, 2009 | predecessor = Bill Goodacre | successor = Doug Donaldson | party = Liberal | occupation = }}
'''Dennis MacKay''' (March 23, 1942 – August 14, 2024) was a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Bulkley Valley-Stikine in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 2001 to 2009.<ref>MacKay declines to run for 2009 re-election Bender, Quinn. The Interior News [Smithers, B.C] 04 June 2008: 1.</ref>
MacKay moved into the riding in 1981. Before becoming an MLA,{{clarify|date= March 2012}} 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. He died in Smithers on August 14, 2024, at the age of 82.<ref>{{cite web|title=Former RCMP Officer and Bulkley Valley Skitine MLA Remembered in Smithers|url=https://www.cftktv.com/former-rcmp-officer-and-bulkley-valley-skitine-mla-remembered-in-smithers-1.7011179|publisher=CFTK TV|date=August 22, 2024|access-date=September 20, 2024}}</ref>
==Election results== {{British Columbia provincial election, 2001/Bulkley Valley-Stikine}} {{British Columbia provincial election, 2005/Bulkley Valley-Stikine}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.leg.bc.ca/mla/38thparl/mackay.htm Dennis Mackay] at the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.
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