Donald Hugh Mackay, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian politician
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Place of Birth: Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
About Donald Hugh Mackay
- Donald Hugh Mackay (March 22, 1914 – January 26, 1979) was the 26th Mayor of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.He spent his youth in Calgary and Drumheller, receiving most of his public school education in Drumheller.
- In the early 1930s, Mackay settled with his family in Calgary.
- He was employed first by the Calgary Albertan and later for the radio station CJCJ.
- By 1943, at the age of twenty-nine, he was Manager of Station CJCJ.
- In his early adulthood MacKay joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
- He remained a particiapating member of the Church the rest of his life.In 1945, he ran for City Council and was elected, topping the polls for that year.
- Three years later, as Alderman, Mackay led the Calgary contingent on its high-spirited and much publicized visit to the Grey Cup in Toronto, an occasion generally credited with starting the tradition of Grey Cup reverie.where he rode a horse into The Royal York Hotel, a tradition that has continued each time Calgary is in the Grey Cup In 1949, he was elected Mayor, serving in that capacity for ten years, a period in which the City witnessed tremendous growth.
- A self-proclaimed civic-booster, Mackay traveled, widely promoting Calgary. In 1949 and 1957, he made two unsuccessful bids in Federal politics.
- In 1962, he joined the Downtown Development Corporation in Phoenix, Arizona and later, worked for the Calgary Convention Centre and the realty firm of Cowley and Keith.
- Mackay died after a stroke on January 26, 1979.
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