Donald Norman McKay

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Sir Donald Norman McKay KCMG (28 November 1908 – 30 March 1988) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party. He was Minister of Health and Minister of Social Security in the Second National Government.

Biography

Parliament of New Zealand
Years Term Electorate Party
1954–1957 31st Marsden National
1957–1960 32nd Marsden National
1960–1963 33rd Marsden National
1963–1966 34th Marsden National
1966–1969 35th Marsden National
1969–1972 36th Marsden National

McKay was born in 1908 in Waipu. He received his education from Whangarei Boys' High School and the University of Auckland. He became a farmer in Waipu.[1]

He represented the Marsden electorate in the Northland region from 1954, and he retired in 1972.[2] He was Minister of Health and Minister of Social Security in the Second National Government from 1962 to 1972 under Keith Holyoake.[3]

McKay was knighted in 1978[2] and died in 1988.

Notes

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Political offices
Preceded by Minister of Health
1962–1972
Succeeded by
Lance Adams-Schneider


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  1. Gustafson 1986, p. 329.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Wilson 1985, p. 215.
  3. Wilson 1985, p. 90.