Dave MacKenzie (politician)

David MacKenzie
MP
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Oxford
Assumed office
June 28, 2004
Preceded by John Baird Finlay
Chair of the Standing Committee on
Justice
In office
June 21, 2011 – February 3, 2013
Minister Rob Nicholson
Preceded by Ed Fast
Succeeded by Mike Wallace
Personal details
Born (1946-06-12) June 12, 1946
London, Ontario, Canada
Political party Conservative
Spouse(s) Lynda MacKenzie
Residence Woodstock, Ontario
Profession police officer

David "Dave" MacKenzie MP (born June 12, 1946) is a Canadian politician. He is a current member of the House of Commons of Canada, representing the riding of Oxford, Ontario as a Conservative.

Born in London, Ontario, MacKenzie served with the Woodstock City Police from 1967 to 1997, and was Chief of Police from 1987 to 1997. In 1997, he became the General Manager of Roetin Industries Canada.

He first ran for parliament in the federal election of 1997 as a Progressive Conservative, losing to Liberal John Finlay by 1,575 votes. He ran again in the election of 2000, and lost to Finlay by roughly the same margin. The national Progressive Conservative Party had a weak organization in Ontario during this period, and that Mackenzie's vote totals were well above the party's provincial average and that in both 1997 and 2000, the right wing vote was split between the Progressive Conservatives and Reform who later became the Canadian Alliance.

In 2002, MacKenzie was the Bosnia and Herzegovina trainer for the National Democratic Institute in Washington, D.C.

The Progressive Conservatives merged with the Canadian Alliance as the Conservative Party of Canada in early 2004, and Mackenzie joined the new party. Finlay did not run in the 2004 election, and MacKenzie defeated new Liberal candidate Murray Coulter by about 6,500 votes. After the election, he was named as his party's associate critic for National Defense. In the 2006 federal election, MacKenzie was re-elected to his Oxford seat, beating Liberal candidate Greig Mordue by a wide margin. With the Conservative Party of Canada forming a minority government, MacKenzie was selected as parliamentary secretary for the Ministry of Public Safety.

Electoral record

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
ConservativeDave MacKenzie25,96645.7-13.27–
LiberalDon McKay18,29932.2+22.66–
New DemocraticZoe Kunschner9,40616.5-8.95–
GreenMike Farlow2,0043.5-0.83–
Christian HeritageMelody Ann Aldred1,1752.1+0.49–
Total valid votes/Expense limit 56,850100.0   $220,268.26
Total rejected ballots 241––
Turnout 57,04168.36+6.16
Eligible voters 83,431
Conservative hold Swing -17.96
Source: Elections Canada[1][2]
Canadian federal election, 2011
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
ConservativeDave MacKenzie27,97358.90+6.23$56,267
New DemocraticPaul Arsenault12,16425.61+7.59$14,065
LiberalTim Lobzun4,5219.52-9.86$13,495
GreenMike Farlow2,0584.33-3.24$12,611
Christian HeritageJohn Markus7761.63-0.70$1,478
Total valid votes/Expense limit 47,492100.00 $85,881.86
Total rejected ballots 1790.38-0.05
Turnout 47,671 62.60+3.58
Eligible voters 76,149 ––
Canadian federal election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
ConservativeDave MacKenzie23,33052.67+6.13$57,473
LiberalMartha Dennis8,58619.38-8.70$50,017
New DemocraticDiane Abbott7,98218.02+0.65$9,242
GreenCathy Mott3,3557.57+4.43$2,819
Christian HeritageShaun MacDonald1,0362.33-0.55$14,229
Total valid votes/Expense limit 44,289 100.00$82,866
Total rejected ballots 1450.33 -
Turnout 44,434 59.02
Conservative hold Swing +7.4
Canadian federal election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes%±%
ConservativeDave MacKenzie23,14046.54+1.6
LiberalGreig Mordue13,96128.08-2.4
New DemocraticZoé Dorcas Kunschner8,63917.37+2.9
GreenRonnee Sykes1,5663.14-1.2
Christian HeritageJohn Markus1,4342.88-0.4
MarijuanaJames Bender7711.55-0.1
LibertarianKaye Sargent2040.41-0.1
Total valid votes 49,715 100.00
Total rejected ballots 164 0.33
Turnout 49,879 67.14
Canadian federal election, 2004
Party Candidate Votes%±%
ConservativeDave MacKenzie20,60644.9-12.5
LiberalMurray Coulter14,01130.5-5.0
New DemocraticZoé Dorcas Kunschner6,67314.5-5.3
GreenIrene Tietz1,9514.3
Christian HeritageLeslie Bartley1,5343.3
MarijuanaJames Bender7941.7
LibertarianKaye Sargent2260.5
Canadian ActionAlex Kreider1080.2-0.3
Total valid votes 45,903100.0

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalJohn Baird Finlay15,18135.6-0.4
Progressive ConservativeDave MacKenzie13,05030.6-1.9
AlliancePatricia Smith11,45526.8+5.8
New DemocraticShawn Rouse2,2545.3-2.2
IndependentJohn Thomas Markus5361.3
Canadian ActionAlex Kreider2270.5+0.1
Total valid votes 42,703100.0

Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalJohn Baird Finlay16,28136.0-4.9
Progressive ConservativeDave MacKenzie14,70632.5+10.1
ReformBill Irvine9,53321.1-5.7
New DemocraticMartin Donlevy3,4067.5+2.5
Christian HeritageJohn Zekveld9562.1+0.1
Canadian ActionAlex Kreider1920.4
Natural LawJim Morris1810.4-0.1
Total valid votes 45,255100.0

References

  1. ↑ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Oxford, 30 September 2015
  2. ↑ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived August 15, 2015, at the Wayback Machine.
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