Thomas McKay (Northwest Territories politician), Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian politician (1849-1924)
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About Thomas McKay (Northwest Territories politician)
- Thomas McKay (July 4, 1849 – 1924) was a Metis farmer and political figure in Saskatchewan, Canada.
- He represented Prince Albert in the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories from 1891 to 1894 and from 1898 to 1905.
- McKay was the brother-in-law of Lawrence Clarke, and like Clarke was connected to the Conservative Party of Canada.
- McKay was a Protestant Métis or Anglo-Metis individual, and was involved in the troubles of 1885 on the side of the federal government.
- He was one of the first forty men to volunteer to help Major Crozier of the Northwest Mounted Police.
- He served as an envoy to negotiate with Metis at Duck Lake.
- He also operated as scout relaying messages between Major Crozier and Colonel Irving.
- His brother James McKay served with C Company of the Winnipeg Rifles during the 1885 Resistance. He was born in Fort Pelly, the son of William McKay and Mary Cook, and was educated at St.
- John's School in the Red River settlement (today's Winnipeg).
- McKay worked as a clerk for the Hudson's Bay Company from 1864 to 1873, when he settled in Prince Albert.
- In 1873, he married Catherine McBeath.
- He did not run for reelection in 1894 but was defeated in an 1897 by-election.
- McKay became the first mayor of Prince Albert in 1885.
- McKay also ran unsuccessfully for the Conservative Party in the federal election of 1904 for the riding of Saskatchewan when he was defeated by Liberal John Lamont.
- McKay is buried at the Royal Anglican cemetery on Royal Road south of Prince Albert.
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