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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mike_Mackey > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mike_Mackey.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Mackey > Source revision: 1350082326 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Canadian politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Mike Mackey | honorific_suffix = [MHA](/source/Newfoundland_and_Labrador_House_of_Assembly) | image = | alt = | caption = | constituency_AM = [Grand Falls](/source/Grand_Falls-Windsor-Buchans) | 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](/source/Len_Simms) | successor = [Anna Thistle](/source/Anna_Thistle) | birth_date = {{circa|1942}}{{cite journal |title=Newfoundland News Highlights |journal=[Newfoundland Quarterly](/source/Newfoundland_Quarterly) |date=Winter 1995–96 |volume=90 |issue=1 |page=39 |url=https://collections.mun.ca/digital/collection/quarterly/id/39994/rec/1}} | birth_place = [St. Brendan's](/source/St._Brendan's%2C_Newfoundland_and_Labrador), [Newfoundland](/source/Dominion_of_Newfoundland) | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = | children = | party = [Progressive Conservative](/source/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Newfoundland_and_Labrador) | relations = | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = Educator | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Michael J. Mackey''' (born {{circa|1942}}) is a [Canadian](/source/Canadians) politician from [Newfoundland and Labrador](/source/Newfoundland_and_Labrador). He was the member of the [Newfoundland House of Assembly](/source/Newfoundland_and_Labrador_House_of_Assembly) (MHA) for [Grand Falls](/source/Grand_Falls-Windsor-Buchans) from 1995 to 1996. == Politics == Mackey was born in the village of [St. Brendan's](/source/St._Brendan's%2C_Newfoundland_and_Labrador) in [Bonavista Bay](/source/Bonavista_Bay).{{cite journal |title=Serving local education and training needs |journal=[Decks Awash](/source/MUN_Extension_Service) |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}} He lived in [Grand Falls](/source/Grand_Falls-Windsor) 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.{{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}} When the Central Community College was established in Grand Falls in 1987, Mackey became the school's community director of education. When former [Progressive Conservative](/source/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Newfoundland_and_Labrador) (PC) party leader [Len Simms](/source/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.{{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](/source/Elections_Newfoundland_and_Labrador) |access-date=26 April 2025}} Mackey's tenure in the House of Assembly was brief, as he was defeated for re-election in the [1996 provincial election](/source/1996_Newfoundland_general_election) by his [Liberal](/source/Liberal_Party_of_Newfoundland_and_Labrador) opponent [Anna Thistle](/source/Anna_Thistle). == Electoral history == {{Election box begin | title=[1996 Newfoundland general election](/source/1996_Newfoundland_general_election): [Grand Falls-Buchans](/source/Grand_Falls-Windsor-Buchans)}} |- {{CANelec |CA|Liberal|[Anna Thistle](/source/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](/source/Grand_Falls-Windsor-Buchans), [Newfoundland](/source/Newfoundland_and_Labrador), June 27, 1995}} |- {{CANelec |CA|PC|'''Mike Mackey'''|2,056|53.46|{{decrease}}13.43}} {{CANelec |CA|Liberal|[Anna Thistle](/source/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 --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Mike Mackey](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Mackey) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Mackey?action=history)). 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