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- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish abstract "John Jackson MacKay, Baron MacKay of Ardbrecknish (15 November 1938 – 21 February 2001) was a Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party politician.He started his career as a mathematics teacher, becoming Head of Mathematics at Oban High School. He was a Tory candidate for the Western Isles in the 1970 election having, in the climate of the era, accepted he could realise his original Liberal Parliamentary ambitions only by joining the Conservatives. He was Member of Parliament for Argyll from 1979 to 1983, and after boundary changes, for Argyll and Bute (UK Parliament constituency) from 1983 to 1987, when he lost the seat to the Liberal candidate Hon Mrs Ray Michie - the daughter of Lord Bannerman, a local Liberal. MacKay was Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland from 1982 to 1987 with responsibility for Health and Social Work and was Commons Scottish spokesman on Agriculture (which was the responsibility of the Earl of Mansfield sitting in the Lords). Against the advice of officials he supported a Private Member's Bill on solvent abuse, a scourge of the time, which became law in 1983. In Health he threw himself into the 1982 NHS strikes and a modernisation of mental health legislation. Following his defeat, he was given a life peerage as Baron MacKay of Ardbrecknish, of Tayvallich in the District of Argyll and Bute. He rejoined the government as a Lord in Waiting in 1993. In January 1994, he joined the Department of Transport as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, being promoted later that year to become Minister of State at the Department of Social Security, a post he held until 1997. During this time he was held in high regard by both the civil servants who worked with him and by the ex-Service community with whom he had regular contact in his role as War Pensions Minister. In opposition, he served as Deputy Leader of the Conservative peers. He died in 2001 in Wandsworth at the age of 62.".
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish activeYearsEndDate "1983-06-09".
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish activeYearsEndDate "1987-06-11".
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish activeYearsEndDate "1987-06-14".
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish activeYearsEndDate "1994-07-20".
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish activeYearsEndDate "1995-07-05".
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish activeYearsEndDate "1997-05-04".
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish activeYearsStartDate "1979-05-03".
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish activeYearsStartDate "1982-04-06".
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish activeYearsStartDate "1983-06-09".
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish activeYearsStartDate "1993-05-27".
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish activeYearsStartDate "1994-07-20".
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish activeYearsStartDate "1995-07-05".
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish birthDate "1938-02-21".
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish birthDate "1938-11-15".
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish birthYear "1938".
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish deathDate "2001-02-21".
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish deathPlace London_Borough_of_Wandsworth.
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish deathYear "2001".
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish office "Lord-in-Waiting".
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish office "Member of Parliament".
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish office "Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Department for Transport".
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish office "Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland".
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish office "for Argyll and Bute".
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish office "for Argyll".
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish orderInOffice "Minister of State for Social Security with special responsibility for War Pensions".
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish party Conservative_Party_(UK).
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish primeMinister John_Major.
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish primeMinister Margaret_Thatcher.
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish successor Luke_White,_6th_Baron_Annaly.
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish successor Ray_Michie,_Baroness_Michie_of_Gallanach.
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish wikiPageExternalLink guardianobituaries.obituaries.
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish wikiPageID "5120306".
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish wikiPageRevisionID "605627262".
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish after Luke_White,_6th_Baron_Annaly.
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish after "Unknown".
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish before William_Astor,_4th_Viscount_Astor.
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish before "J Allan Stewart".
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish before "Unknown".
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish birthDate "1938-02-21".
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish dateOfBirth "1938-11-15".
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish dateOfDeath "2001-02-21".
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish deathDate "2001-02-21".
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish deathPlace London_Borough_of_Wandsworth.
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish hasPhotoCollection John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish.
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish name "Baron MacKay of Ardbrecknish".
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish name "Mackay, John Jackson".
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish nationality "British".
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish occupation "Politician".
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish office Lord-in-Waiting.
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish office Member_of_parliament.
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish office Under-Secretary_of_State_for_Scotland.
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish office "Minister of State for Social Security with special responsibility for War Pensions".
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish office "Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Department for Transport".
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish office "for Argyll and Bute".
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish office "for Argyll".
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish party Conservative_Party_(UK).
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish placeOfDeath London_Borough_of_Wandsworth.
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish predecessor Iain_MacCormick.
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish predecessor William_Astor,_4th_Viscount_Astor.
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish predecessor "New constituency".
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish primeminister John_Major.
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish primeminister Margaret_Thatcher.
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish primeminister "John Major".
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish shortDescription "British politician".
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish successor Luke_White,_6th_Baron_Annaly.
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish successor Ray_Michie,_Baroness_Michie_of_Gallanach.
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish successor "Constituency abolished".
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish termEnd "1983-06-09".
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish termEnd "1987-06-11".
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish termEnd "1987-06-14".
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish termEnd "1994-07-20".
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish termEnd "1995-07-05".
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish termEnd "1997-05-04".
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish termStart "1979-05-03".
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish termStart "1982-04-06".
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish termStart "1983-06-09".
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish termStart "1993-05-27".
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish termStart "1994-07-20".
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish termStart "1995-07-05".
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish title Lord-in-Waiting.
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish title Under-Secretary_of_State_for_Scotland.
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish title "Member of Parliament for Argyll and Bute".
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish title "Member of Parliament for Argyll".
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish title "Minister of State for Education and Employment".
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish title "Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Department for Transport".
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish years "1979".
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish years "1982".
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish years "1983".
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish years "1993".
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish years "1994".
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish years "1995".
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish description "British politician".
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish description "British politician".
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish subject Category:1938_births.
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish subject Category:2001_deaths.
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish subject Category:Conservative_Party_(UK)_Baronesses-_and_Lords-in-Waiting.
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish subject Category:Conservative_Party_(UK)_life_peers.
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish subject Category:Members_of_the_United_Kingdom_Parliament_for_Scottish_constituencies.
- John_MacKay,_Baron_MacKay_of_Ardbrecknish subject Category:People_educated_at_Dunoon_Grammar_School.