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Peter MacKay

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Peter Gordon MacKay (born September 27, 1965) is a Canadian lawyer and politician, who served as Member of Parliament from 1997 to 2015 and as Minister of Justice and Attorney General (2013–2015), Minister of National Defence (2007–2013), and Minister of Foreign Affairs (2006–2007) in the Cabinet of Canada under Prime Minister Stephen Harper. MacKay became the final leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada — he agreed to merge the party with Stephen Harper's Canadian Alliance in 2003, forming the Conservative Party of Canada and making MacKay one of the co-founders of the current conservative wing of Canadian politics. The son of Canadian politician and Minister of Public Works Elmer MacKay, MacKay received his undergraduate degree from Acadia University and his law degree from Dalhousie University. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Peter MacKay is the 19,065th most popular politician (down from 18,776th in 2019), the 1,172nd most popular biography from Canada (down from 1,044th in 2019) and the 81st most popular Canadian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Peter MacKay ranks 19,064 out of 19,576. Before him are Susanne Hennig-Wellsow, Pat McCrory, Iryna Kindzerska, Sikhanyiso Dlamini, and Tofiga Vaevalu Falani. After him are Mo Brooks, Tomasz Makowski, Hadia Tajik, Roger Torrent, Csanád Szegedi, Lindiwe Sisulu, and Margarete Schramböck.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Peter MacKay ranks 900. Before him are Missael Espinoza, Cindy Brown, Igor Khoroshev, Atul Gawande, Nigel Bond, and Will Perdue. After him are Steve Bull, Ilgar Mammadov, Aditya Pancholi, Courtney Gains, Julie Warner, and Hans-Peter Pohl.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Peter MacKay ranks 1,173 out of 1,622. Before him are Meaghan Rath (1986), Mikaël Kingsbury (1992), Osric Chau (1986), Kyle Hamilton (1978), Carlos Ramírez (null), and Ron Sexsmith (1964). After him are Gail Kim (1977), Jamal Murray (1997), Tiera Skovbye (1995), Taylor Russell (1994), Chris Pronger (1974), and Cœur de pirate (1989).

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Among POLITICIANS In Canada

Among politicians born in Canada, Peter MacKay ranks 81. Before him are Jayna Hefford (1977), Mélanie Joly (1979), François-Philippe Champagne (1970), Kathleen Wynne (1953), André Boisclair (1966), and Nicolas Gill (1972). After him are Erin O'Toole (1973), Victor Davis (1964), Andrew Scheer (1979), Dominique Maltais (1980), Valérie Maltais (1990), and David Savard (1990).

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