{{Short description|Canadian politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Mike Mackey | honorific_suffix = MHA | image = | alt = | caption = | constituency_AM = Grand Falls | assembly = Newfoundland House of | majority = | term_start = {{start date|1995|06|27|df=yes}} | term_end = {{end date|1996|02|22|df=yes}} | predecessor = Len Simms | successor = Anna Thistle | birth_date = {{circa|1942}}<ref>{{cite journal |title=Newfoundland News Highlights |journal=Newfoundland Quarterly |date=Winter 1995–96 |volume=90 |issue=1 |page=39 |url=https://collections.mun.ca/digital/collection/quarterly/id/39994/rec/1}}</ref> | birth_place = St. Brendan's, Newfoundland | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = | children = | party = Progressive Conservative | relations = | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = Educator | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | footnotes = }}
'''Michael J. Mackey''' (born {{circa|1942}}) is a Canadian politician from Newfoundland and Labrador. He was the member of the Newfoundland House of Assembly (MHA) for Grand Falls from 1995 to 1996.
== Politics ==
Mackey was born in the village of St. Brendan's in Bonavista Bay.<ref name="Decks">{{cite journal |title=Serving local education and training needs |journal=Decks Awash |date=March–April 1988 |volume=17 |issue=2 |pages=26–27 |url=https://collections.mun.ca/digital/collection/cns_decks/id/2028/rec/2 |access-date=26 April 2025}}</ref> He lived in Grand Falls as an adult, where he became an educator. Mackey was the regional supervisor for the provincial Department of Education's adult education program in 1980.<ref>{{cite news |title=Department of Education Adult Education |url=https://collections.mun.ca/digital/collection/dailynews/id/356183/rec/3 |access-date=26 April 2025 |work=Daily News |date=3 March 1980}}</ref> When the Central Community College was established in Grand Falls in 1987, Mackey became the school's community director of education.<ref name="Decks" />
When former Progressive Conservative (PC) party leader Len Simms resigned from the House of Assembly in 1995, Mackey successfully ran as the PC candidate to succeed him in his district of Grand Falls.<ref>{{cite web |title=Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the Grand Falls By-Election - June 27, 1995 |url=https://www.elections.gov.nl.ca/elections/resources/pdf/electionreports/byelections/95.grand.falls.june.27.pdf |website=Elections NL |access-date=26 April 2025}}</ref> Mackey's tenure in the House of Assembly was brief, as he was defeated for re-election in the 1996 provincial election by his Liberal opponent Anna Thistle.
== Electoral history ==
{{Election box begin | title=1996 Newfoundland general election: Grand Falls-Buchans}} |- {{CANelec |CA|Liberal|Anna Thistle|3,441|50.24|{{increase}}19.18}} {{CANelec |CA|PC|'''Mike Mackey'''|2,321|33.89|{{decrease}}19.57}} {{CANelec |CA|NDP|Joe Tremblett|1,087|15.87|{{increase}}0.45}} {{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|6,849|99.88|}} {{CANelec/total|Total rejected ballots|8|0.12}} {{CANelec/total|Total votes|6,857|78.82|{{increase}}21.70}} {{CANelec/total|Eligible voters|8,700|}} {{CANelec/gain|NL|Liberal|PC|{{increase}}13.07}} {{end}}
{{Election box begin | title=Provincial by-election in Grand Falls, Newfoundland, June 27, 1995}} |- {{CANelec |CA|PC|'''Mike Mackey'''|2,056|53.46|{{decrease}}13.43}} {{CANelec |CA|Liberal|Anna Thistle|1,197|31.06|{{increase}}3.67}} {{CANelec |CA|NDP|Joe Tremblett|593|15.42|{{increase}}9.70}} {{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|3,846|99.79|}} {{CANelec/total|Total rejected ballots|8|0.21}} {{CANelec/total|Total votes|3,854|57.12|}} {{CANelec/total|Eligible voters|6,747|}} {{CANelec/hold|NL|PC|{{decrease}}8.93}} {{end}}
== References == {{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mackey, Mike}} Category:Living people Category:Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador MHAs Category:20th-century members of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly Category:Year of birth uncertain