Scott McKay

This article is about the Quebec politician. For the former NHL player, see List of NHL one gamers#M.

Scott McKay (born c. 1961) is a Canadian politician, the current leader of the Green Party of Quebec, and a former Montreal city councillor.^[1]

Background

McKay was born to a francophone mother and an anglophone father in the city of Montréal-Est. ^[2] He has completed a M.Sc. in Environmental sciences and is currently working in the field of water treatment.

Municipal Politics

In 1986, he was elected to Montreal's City Council as candidate of Jean Doré's Rassemblement des citoyens et citoyennes de Montréal (RCM) for the district of Honoré-Beaugrand. He was re-elected in 1990, but lost to Ivon Le Duc in 1994 as Pierre Bourque became Mayor.

Provincial Politics

Scott became Leader of the Green Party of Quebec on May 28, 2006. ^[3] The party ran candidates in 108 out of Quebec's 125 districts in 2007. None of them were elected. McKay himself finished fourth in the district of Bourget with 2,632 ballots and about 8.09% of the vote. The winner was Diane Lemieux of the Parti Québécois.

External link

References

^ CNEWS: Green Party of Quebec rejects merger
^ La Presse: Portrait de Scott McKay [1]
^ Scott McKay elected chief of the Green Party of Quebec (Google Translation of Scott McKay élu chef du Parti vert du Québec)

Political offices
Preceded by Jacques Martineau (Parti Civique)	City Councillor, District of Honoré-Beaugrand 1986-1994	Succeeded by Ivon Le Duc (Vision Montreal)
Party political offices
Preceded by Richard Savignac	Leaders of the Green Party of Quebec 2006-Current	Succeeded by Incumbent

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