John MacKay, Baron MacKay of Ardbrecknish
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland | |
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| In office 6 April 1982 – 14 June 1987 | |
| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Member of Parliament for Argyll and Bute | |
| In office 9 June 1983 – 18 May 1987 | |
| Preceded by | New constituency |
| Succeeded by | Ray Michie |
| Member of Parliament for Argyll | |
| In office 3 May 1979 – 13 May 1983 | |
| Preceded by | Iain MacCormick |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 November 1938 |
| Died | 21 February 2001 (aged 62) Wandsworth |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Children | Colin MacKay, Fiona Sales, David MacKay |
| Occupation | Politician |
John Jackson Mackay, Baron Mackay of Ardbrecknish DL (15 November 1938 – 21 February 2001) was a Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party politician.
Early life
Mackay was born in 1938, the son of Jackson and Jean Mackay, and was educated at Campbeltown Grammar School, the University of Glasgow (BSc) and Jordanhill College of Education, where he graduated with a Diploma in Education.[1][2] Mackay started his career as a mathematics teacher, becoming Head of Mathematics at Oban High School.
Political career
He was a Tory candidate for the
Argyll in October 1974 and was Member of Parliament for the constituency from 1979 to 1983, and after boundary changes, for Argyll and Bute from 1983 to 1987, when he lost the seat to the Liberal candidate Ray Michie – the daughter of Lord Bannerman
, a local Liberal.
Mackay was Parliamentary
Under-Secretary of State for Scotland
from 1982 to 1987 with responsibility for Health and Social Work and was Commons Scottish spokesman on Agriculture (which was the responsibility of the Earl of Mansfield sitting in the Lords). Against the advice of officials he supported a Private Member's Bill on solvent abuse, a scourge of the time, which became law in 1983. In Health he threw himself into the 1982 NHS strikes and a modernisation of mental health legislation.
House of Lords
Following his defeat, he was given a
Privy Council in the 1996 Birthday Honours[4] and was appointed to be a deputy lieutenant of the city of Glasgow on 7 January 1997.[5][6]
In opposition, he served as deputy leader of the Conservative peers.
Death
He died in 2001 in Wandsworth at the age of 62.
References
- ^ "Mackay of Ardbrecknish". Who's Who. Vol. 2022 (online ed.). A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Times Guide to the House of Commons 1983 (London: Times Books, 1984), p. 36.
- ^ "No. 52590". The London Gazette. 1 July 1991. p. 10029.
- ^ "No. 54427". The London Gazette. 14 June 1996. p. 1.
- ^ "No. 54643". The London Gazette. 7 January 1997. p. 221.
- ^ "No. 24119". The Edinburgh Gazette. 7 January 1997. p. 1.
Sources
- Times Guide to the House of Commons 1983 (London: Times Books, 1984).
- Times Guide to the House of Commons 1987 (London: Times Books, 1988).
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [better source needed]
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
- Roth, Andrew "Obituary: Lord Mackay of Ardbrecknish", The Guardian. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
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