Canadian lawyer and politician, 50th Canadian Minister of Justice

Peter MacKay

Peter Gordon MacKay 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.

Born

1965

September 27

Died

Living

Era

1960s

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Key dates

1965 Born

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What else happened on this day, through history

1066 William the Conqueror and his army set sail from the mouth of the Somme river, beginning the Norman conquest of England.
1331 The Battle of Płowce is fought, between the Kingdom of Poland and the Teutonic Order. The Poles are defeated but their leaders escape capture.
1422 After the brief Gollub War, the Teutonic Knights sign the Treaty of Melno with Poland and Lithuania.
1529 The Siege of Vienna begins when Suleiman I attacks the city.

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The world in 1965

When Peter arrived

april 11 The Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1965: Fifty-five tornadoes hit in six Midwestern states of the United States, killing 266 people.
april 21 The 1964–1965 New York World's Fair opens for its second and final season.
april 24 Civil war breaks out in the Dominican Republic when Colonel Francisco Caamaño overthrows the triumvirate that had been in power since the coup d'état against Juan Bosch.
april 28 United States occupation of the Dominican Republic: American troops land in the Dominican Republic to "forestall establishment of a Communist dictatorship" and to evacuate US Army troops.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on September 27

Albert Ellis 1913–2007 American psychologist and author (born 1913) Alfred Thayer Mahan 1840–1914 American captain and historian (born 1840) Alvin Stardust 1942–2014 English singer and actor (born 1942) Angélica María 1944– American-born Mexican singer-songwriter and actress Bhagat Singh 1907–1931 Indian activist (born 1907) Cosimo de' Medici 1389–1464 Italian ruler (born 1386) Denis Lawson 1947– Scottish actor, director, and screenwriter Diane Abbott 1953– English journalist and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for International Development Freddy Quinn 1931– Austrian singer, guitarist, and actor

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1965

Dmitry Medvedev 1965– Russia businessperson 2 Cold Scorpio 1965– American wrestler Andrew Stanton 1965– American voice actor, director, producer, screenwriter Annie Duke 1965– American poker player and author Aravinda de Silva 1965– Sri Lankan cricketer Claude Lemieux 1965– Canadian ice hockey player Craig Biggio 1965– American baseball player and coach David Miliband 1965– English politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Dennis Lehane 1965– American author, screenwriter, and producer

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