Donald McKay

MCKAY, DONALD. merchant, trader, farmer, and off iceholder; b. 13 January 1836 in New London, son of Donald and Jane McKay; m. 21 February 1861 Jane Matheson, and they had one child, Janet; Presbyterian; d. 2 January 1895 in Oyster Bed Bridge. McKay, a Conservative, was first elected to the House of Assembly in 1876 for 2nd Queens. He was re-elected in the general elections of 1879, 1882, and 1890. He was defeated in the general elections of 1885 and 1893. McKay was educated at local schools in his community. He operated a general store in Graham's Cross in Lot 21, did some trading of goods, and farmed. McKay was a Justice of the Peace and a Commissioner of Small Debt Court. He served as a member of the Board of Railway Commissioners. Donald McKay died 2 January 1895. Jane McKay, the daughter of John Matheson of Wheatley River, was born in 1838.